Hospitals in crisis
‘Couldn’t believe it’: Top doctor’s shock after hospital destroyed records following Adam’s death
Adam Fitzpatrick, 20, was left brain-dead after “mistakes were made” in the intensive care unit of a major Sydney hospital.
- by Carrie Fellner
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Union warns of ‘respiratory symptoms’ among Peel Health nurses after mould discovery
WA’s nurses’ union has written to the operator of Peel Health Campus urging testing of staff who have been reporting respiratory illness.
- by Michael Genovese
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Fiona Stanley in crisis as nurses work 24-hour shifts
Staff shortages have placed a leading Perth hospital under a level of stress never before encountered.
- by Michael Genovese
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WA budget
McGowan to spend $1.2 billion on WA hospitals but nurses not impressed
The Premier said he was positioning WA’s public health system for the future by adding more beds, improving patient flow, and upgrading digital systems. The spend comes after years of criticism of his handling of the health system.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Hospitals
‘Arrogant’: Zero doctors consulted for controversial babies hospital move
The April 11 decision blindsided the entire WA medical fraternity including neonatologists and senior clinicians at King Edward Memorial Hospital who had been working on a plan that kept the hospital in the QEII medical precinct.
- by Hamish Hastie
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‘Death, disability’: Former neonatal ICU boss shares grave concerns about Perth babies hospital move
UWA Professor Karen Simmer says the government’s decision to take the hospital from the QEII medical precinct to Fiona Stanley Hospital is dangerous.
- by Michael Genovese and Hamish Hastie
Surgery tool left in knee and vaginal swab left inside new mum: WA’s worst hospital mistakes revealed
These are stories of some of the worst incidents that occurred in WA hospitals over 2021/22 contained in a report dropped in the shadow of the total solar eclipse after a five-month delay on Thursday.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Hospitals
Staffing issues to blame for Osborne Park baby ward gathering dust: minister
The ward was complete by 2020, but the ward is yet to admit a single baby.
- by Hamish Hastie
Years after Jana’s horror story made headlines, the system is still letting women down
At 14 weeks pregnant, Jana Horska miscarried in the waiting room toilet at Royal North Shore Hospital’s emergency department. Sixteen years later, what has really changed?
- by Isabelle Oderberg
Twelve-year-old Ebony needs spinal surgery. She’s spent two years waiting for it
The 12-year-old is among more than 200 patients at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead who are waiting for essential surgeries beyond the clinically recommended times.
- by Kate Aubusson
WA nurses’ union calls for change to ‘bizarre’ COVID leave policy
Australian Nursing Federation WA secretary Janet Reah said it was not fair frontline health workers had to exhaust their leave options before taking COVID leave.
- by Holly Thompson