Hospitals
‘Queensland has the money that we need’: Doctors’ $600m request for budget
The peak medical body said a recent audit of the mental health levy proved there was money to address chronic underinvestment across the sector.
- Courtney Kruk
Latest
- Investigation
- Medical misogyny
Penny was told her agonising pain was just ovulation. The next day, she was begging to die
The case is one of more than 400 accounts submitted to this masthead’s medical misogyny investigation in which women and girls had their pain dismissed, minimised or declared imaginary.
- Aisha Dow and Kate Aubusson
- Exclusive
- Courts
The $16m Osborne Park hospital, the gym upstairs, and the battle over dropped weights
A state-of-the-art day hospital that specialises in spinal injections for pain management has taken a neighbouring gym to court after claiming throbbing music and the noise of dropped weights was impacting their business.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
The billion-dollar Sydney hospital that’s performing worse than ever
Wait times at Westmead have doubled in a decade as more than one in 10 patients spend almost 22 hours in the emergency department.
- Rachel Rasker
- Exclusive
- Mental health
Hospitals turn to sniffer dogs to combat illicit drugs in wards
The use of sniffer dogs inside closed psychiatric wards has divided mental health experts, as hospitals try to balance the invasion of patient privacy against the risks posed by illicit substances.
- Grant McArthur and Kieran Rooney
Rise of supersized ‘nangs’ linked to deaths, paralysis and brain injuries
Increasing numbers of Victorians are being left with permanent spinal and neurological injuries, life-threatening complications and severe burns linked to inhaling nitrous oxide.
- Melissa Cunningham
- Exclusive
- Healthcare
What happened to Gus? Parents fight for answers over son’s death days after hospital discharge
Gus was the golden boy of his northern beaches community. Police told his father that his death was totally preventable.
- Kate Aubusson
- Opinion
- Doctors at work
Wonder why emergency doctors are quitting? Spend a day in my shoes
It’s a privilege to care for patients and families during their hardest moments. However, this can also come at a real cost to doctors like me.
- Rachael Gill
Asbestos, construction costs blamed for $25 million Fremantle Hospital blowout
Construction on the expansion kicked off in January 2024, when the government said the redevelopment was set to cost $63 million.
- Michael Philipps
WA premier concedes ambulance ramping a ‘challenge’ as wait times blow out ahead of winter
The opposition has seized on new figures showing ramping was at a new monthly high for May, with 5383 hours spent waiting at WA hospitals.
- Cameron Myles