An “acute brain failure” jettisons a patient,their doctors and families into an anxious twilight zone. How aware is a person in a coma? And how are decisions made in the face of uncertainty?
In a bid to help hundreds of patients wanting to start a family,the state government has launched a campaign to encourage Victorians to donate their sperm and eggs.
Xavier complained of a headache. Within hours,he was having seizures in hospital. The five-year-old is one of the rising number of Victorians falling victim to the flu,COVID-19 or RSV.
St John Ambulance has reduced the maximum speeds its drivers can reach while responding to life-threatening emergencies.
Influenza and COVID-19 are spreading rapidly in NSW,but they are not our only problem.
Between July 2021 and June 2022,151 people died because of preventable errors in Victorian hospitals,according to data obtained by The Age.
The Australian Medical Association’s Queensland branch has made 14 submissions to the Miles government ahead of the June state budget,asking for further investments in palliative care amid uncertainty over the allocation of previous funds.
Shae Bradshaw had hoped once her baby daughter was born all her fears about being a failure as a mother would disappear.
More than 600 babies are born before their arrival at hospital each year,and a new program pairs midwives with paramedics to better manage care.
The number of babies having tongue-tie releases in Australia has skyrocketed over the past two decades. But debate continues to rage about the merits of the procedure.
Authorities knew in 2021 that electromagnetic waves from Metro Tunnel trains were a risk to Arden’s recently scrapped hospital towers.