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Nurse banned after hitting step-child with wooden spoon

Nurse banned after hitting step-child with wooden spoon

An enrolled nurse convicted for bruising her six-year-old step-daughter with a wooden spoon has had her registration cancelled for at least a year.

Dentist faces sexual accusations by three women

Dentist faces sexual accusations by three women

Dentist faces sexual accusations by three women

Dentist faces sexual accusations by three women

A dental practitioner has been hit with a further charge with three alleged victims coming forward to police to make sexual abuse complaints against him.

Surgeons 'took bribes' for $2.8 million hospital sales

Surgeons 'took bribes' for $2.8 million hospital sales

Surgeons 'took bribes' for $2.8 million hospital sales

Surgeons 'took bribes' for $2.8 million hospital sales

Two surgeons were allegedly offered secret 20 per cent commissions from a company to choose its medical implants when performing surgery at public hospitals.

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Medical mistakes led to grandmother's death: coroner

Medical mistakes led to grandmother's death: coroner

A grandmother from a remote Indigenous community died in hospital following a chain of medical failures, a coroner said.

‘Pain never ends’: family’s hopes seven years on

‘Pain never ends’: family’s hopes seven years on

The family of a woman who died after being admitted to hospital for elective weight loss surgery hope her legacy will be to prevent similar deaths in future.

Ex-nurse denies anti-Israeli rant in viral video

Ex-nurse denies anti-Israeli rant in viral video

A nurse who was fired for inflammatory rhetoric is set to fight allegations he made menacing comments about Israeli patients in a video that went viral online.

Olympic swimming physio's massages queried by police

Olympic swimming physio's massages queried by police

A former Swimming Australia physiotherapist has faced court on multiple child sex abuse charges to determine if there is sufficient evidence to go to trial.

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Doctor accused of toilet filming faces 775 more charges

Doctor accused of toilet filming faces 775 more charges

Doctor accused of toilet filming faces 775 more charges

Doctor accused of toilet filming faces 775 more charges

A junior doctor accused of filming staff in toilets at three major hospitals will face hundreds of additional charges, bringing the total to more than 900.

Nut allergy to brain injury: what happened to Max?

Nut allergy to brain injury: what happened to Max?

Nut allergy to brain injury: what happened to Max?

Nut allergy to brain injury: what happened to Max?

A 15-year-old boy had an allergic reaction to nuts, but what paramedics and doctors did as he struggled to breathe is being investigated by a coroner.

Rules not followed in watching inmate who had a seizure

Rules not followed in watching inmate who had a seizure

Rules not followed in watching inmate who had a seizure

Rules not followed in watching inmate who had a seizure

An inmate who suffered a seizure and later died had been swinging his limbs about and screaming as officers tried to calm him, an inquest has been told.

Health issues hamper millions from everyday activities

Health issues hamper millions from everyday activities

Health issues hamper millions from everyday activities

Health issues hamper millions from everyday activities

More than 7.5 million Australians have had to cut back on work, study, caring for family or community activities because of health issues, injury or disability.

Health provider charged over new mum's death in care

Health provider charged over new mum's death in care

Health provider charged over new mum's death in care

Health provider charged over new mum's death in care

A hospital's parent company has been charged with exposing patients to health and safety risks following the death of a struggling new mum.

Ban for paramedic who hid UK sexual assault conviction

Ban for paramedic who hid UK sexual assault conviction

Ban for paramedic who hid UK sexual assault conviction

Ban for paramedic who hid UK sexual assault conviction

A paramedic who took leave from work to attend his sexual assault trial in the UK has been banned after failing to reveal he had been charged or convicted.

Grieving mum asks doctors to 'truly listen' to parents

Grieving mum asks doctors to 'truly listen' to parents

Grieving mum asks doctors to 'truly listen' to parents

Grieving mum asks doctors to 'truly listen' to parents

Doctors must trust concerned parents when they bring sick children in for help, a mother says after a coronial finding on her three-year-old daughter's death.

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Coroner probes death of newborn baby in hospital

The death of a baby five days after an emergency caesarean is being probed by a coroner to determine if the boy could have been saved.

Parents' emotional plea after newborn's hospital death

Thea Flaskett deserved better care than she received before her death in a hospital, the newborn's heartbroken parents say.

Major charge dropped for nurse in anti-Israel video

A charge that a nurse threatened to kill Israeli patients while working at an Australian hospital has been withdrawn by prosecutors.

Junior doctors take unpaid overtime fight to court

Historic legal action against a state government has been launched by junior doctors who claim they haven't been paid entitled overtime.

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'Tremendous victory': nurses secure nation- leading pay

Following months of talks, a state's nurses and midwives are set to become the nation's highest paid after agreeing on a new wage deal.

Larrikin dad remembered as inquest searches for answers

A meat worker who died at a small rural hospital after Q fever and a lung clot went undiagnosed has been remembered as a loving, playful dad.

Doctor pleads guilty to drunken high-speed fatal crash

An obstetrician who allegedly crashed his high-powered car at 130km/h while drunk, killing a young woman, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Q fever and clot undiagnosed before meat worker's death

A rural meat worker was treated for a simple case of pneumonia and was not scanned for a blood clot on the lungs before he died, an inquest has been told.

Patient’s heartbreaking final words before death

A woman uttered five striking words to her family from her hospital bed before she died of complications arising from her pursuit of a healthier life.

'Hero' surgeon loses defamation case against Nine

High-profile orthopedic surgeon Munjed Al Muderis sued over reports on his practice but a court has ruled the reporting was in the public interest.

Doctor masks up as talks continue on sex abuse charges

A doctor accused of sexually abusing five patients has hidden his face outside court while negotiations between prosecutors and defence lawyers continue.

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