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Pathologist Richard Scolyer is undergoing revolutionary brain cancer treatment.

Humble, heroic, selfless: Richard Scolyer beat the cancer odds but finally lost the battle

The world-renowned pathologist and researcher, who was joint Australian of the Year for 2024, became a familiar face nationwide after being diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour.

  • Garry Maddox

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Passionate, driven and dedicated to improving outcomes for patients: Richard Scolyer at Petersham Park in February.

Former Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer dies

The world-recognised pathologist survived for three years after being diagnosed with a savage form of brain cancer.

  • Garry Maddox
Chorizo is off the menu when lunching with heart-health advocate Dr Stephen Fenton.

To save lives, this doctor is defying the orthodoxy

To impress cardiologist Stephen Fenton I keep my lunch choices on the healthy side.

  • Nick Galvin
Expectant mother Elena, left, and private midwife Beth Newman are among the first pairs taking part in the program.

‘Best of both worlds’: Maternity shake-up at Sydney hospital

The NSW-first program is designed to give women the benefits of having the same private midwife throughout their pregnancy and for eight weeks postpartum.

  • Kate Aubusson
Viki Graham is accused of attacking her relative in hospital.

Woman accused of hospital hammer attack ‘terrorised neighbours’, locals say

Viki Graham is said to have attacked the door of an 80-year-old woman who lived upstairs in a public housing block.

  • Perry Duffin
Viki Graham, 46, allegedly smashed her relative, Brett Jones, 63, in the head with a hammer as he lay in Royal Prince Alfred saying he “stole my brother’s ashes”.

‘Stole my brother’s ashes’: Woman allegedly smashes relative’s skull with hammer in hospital bed

The man was lying in his Sydney hospital bed when a woman allegedly entered his ward and assaulted him.

  • Perry Duffin, Kate Aubusson and Daniel Lo Surdo
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The final report into the RPA fungus cluster is released on Friday.

More than 100 NSW hospital construction sites probed after fungus fail

Authorities have identified the most likely source of the outbreak that caused the deaths of two patients at a prestigious Sydney hospital.

  • Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson
Health Minister Ryan Park and Sydney Local Health District Deb Willcox have faced tough questions on the deadly fungus cluster at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

How a deadly fungus cluster exposed NSW’s wicked hospital problem

Many of NSW’s 4400 hospital buildings are ageing and riddled with mould, but a $940 million upgrade of one Sydney hospital may have disturbed spores deadly to some of its sickest patients.

  • Angus Thomson and Michael Ruffles
Mould at RPA index composite image

‘Disturbing’: Mould found in hospital after deadly fungus cluster

The mould infestation was found after a cluster of fungal infections leading to the deaths of two patients.

  • Angus Thomson and Michael Ruffles
Health authorities are investigating whether a fungus cluster at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital was caused by ongoing construction at the Camperdown campus.

Two deaths linked to fungus cluster at Sydney hospital

Health authorities are investigating whether a cluster of six fungal infections was caused by construction of the hospital’s $940 million redevelopment.

  • Angus Thomson