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'Grinding halt': shortage could cause hospital chaos

'Grinding halt': shortage could cause hospital chaos

Australia's health system could come to a "grinding halt" within days if a shortage of intravenous fluid isn't addressed, a leading doctor has warned.

Incest fears after sperm donor's 200-plus visits

Incest fears after sperm donor's 200-plus visits

Incest fears after sperm donor's 200-plus visits

Incest fears after sperm donor's 200-plus visits

The damning findings of a Queensland fertility clinic probe has revealed a donor may have fathered hundreds of children, sparking incest fears.

Indigenous language program for patients takes flight

Indigenous language program for patients takes flight

Indigenous language program for patients takes flight

Indigenous language program for patients takes flight

A Northern Territory medical service is breaking down barriers with a program using animated videos to explain patients' rights in local Indigenous languages.

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Ambulance service demands reach unprecedented levels

Ambulance service demands reach unprecedented levels

Victoria's ambulance service demands have surpassed the height of the pandemic, with one family sharing a horror experience after their child stopped breathing.

Call for support as eye care becomes too dear for many

Call for support as eye care becomes too dear for many

Australians without private health insurance need more support for eye care with about one in four patients unable to afford treatment, researchers say.

Doctor ban lifted despite abortion patient's death

Doctor ban lifted despite abortion patient's death

A doctor banned for mismanagement of a women's health clinic has won the right to treat patients after she was suspended by a medical board.

Paramedic caught high on drugs while working on shift

Paramedic caught high on drugs while working on shift

A Victorian paramedic who tested positive to a cocktail of drugs while working and admitted to a long history of drug abuse has been suspended for 12 months.

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Low blood donation storages as sickness grips Victoria

Low blood donation storages as sickness grips Victoria

Low blood donation storages as sickness grips Victoria

Low blood donation storages as sickness grips Victoria

Lifeblood Red Cross is calling on new donors to step up, as sickness plagues Victoria.

Australians told to keep getting medicines after hack

Australians told to keep getting medicines after hack

Australians told to keep getting medicines after hack

Australians told to keep getting medicines after hack

There's no indication Australians need to replace their Medicare cards after a cyberattack on an e-prescriptions company, authorities say.

Minister's plea before nurse and ambo industrial action

Minister's plea before nurse and ambo industrial action

Minister's plea before nurse and ambo industrial action

Minister's plea before nurse and ambo industrial action

As Victoria's nurses prepare to up the ante in their industrial action, the health minister is urging them, and paramedics, to sign new enterprise agreements.

Long-awaited support for Australians with endometriosis

Long-awaited support for Australians with endometriosis

Long-awaited support for Australians with endometriosis

Long-awaited support for Australians with endometriosis

Women in regional Australia battling debilitating endometriosis symptoms could soon be able to turn to specialist nurses for help with the condition.

Nurse pay fight continues with action threatened

Nurse pay fight continues with action threatened

Nurse pay fight continues with action threatened

Nurse pay fight continues with action threatened

Negotiations continue on a new agreement for nurses, who are threatening to shut up to a quarter of public hospital beds if an industrial dispute drags on.

Calls for more GP funding after bulk-billing rise

Calls for more GP funding after bulk-billing rise

Calls for more GP funding after bulk-billing rise

Calls for more GP funding after bulk-billing rise

After a rise to the bulk-billing rate, the country's peak medical body has urged for funding boosts to ensure GPs remain sustainable.

Health technology cracks code for patients and profits

Health technology cracks code for patients and profits

Health technology cracks code for patients and profits

Health technology cracks code for patients and profits

A team of mentors is combining medical future funding with the tools of venture capitalism to turn the best digital health ideas into gadgets, jobs and exports.

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Genetic discrimination in life insurance must end: Drs

Australia's peak medical body has called for a ban on genetic discrimination in life insurance as it reveals patients are less likely to try genetic testing.

'Clock stoppers': mobile paramedics model under review

Ambulance Victoria is reviewing the operation of its elite crew of mobile paramedics, with concerns lives are being put at risk due to call-out system flaws.

More than 10,000 spared GP visit under new trials

A series of trials operating across the nation has allowed 10,000 women to get a new supply of the pill or receive treatment for uncomplicated infections.

Labour pains: gap in midwifery insurance causing stress

An insurance gap is affecting midwifery care and women planning a hospital birth but wanting in-home midwifery support during the early stages of labour.

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Dire need for pill testing service, Vic agencies say

Victorian agencies have written to the government, calling for a life-saving service that would let people check the content and dosage of their illicit drugs.

Homebirths to be introduced at Royal Women's Hospital

Victoria's publicly funded homebirth program will be expanded to three extra hospitals, including the Royal Women's Hospital, the state government says.

'You’ll be dead by Friday': surgeon Charlie Teo guilty

Controversial neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct with conditions imposed on his registration.

Birthing on Country leads to healthy mothers and babies

Culturally-safe care, birthing on country and increasing the number of Indigenous nurses and midwives all contribute to healthy and thriving First Nations bubs.

Doctors wasting too much time on bureaucratic red tape

Doctors waste too much time with non-standardised templates, naming specialists in referrals and outdated data-sharing, according to the RACGP.

Cuts to cost of dwarfism drug to save families millions

A new drug to treat dwarfism has been slashed from $330,000 a year to $30 a script, enabling thousands of families to receive treatment at home.

Doctors lobby to lose veto on Medicare oversight body

The Australian Medical Association will no longer have to approve the director of the Medicare oversight body under new laws introduced to parliament.

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