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Pregnancy
Popular at-home fetal monitors linked to stillbirths, newborn deaths
Australia’s medical device watchdog is warning against the popular monitors, after they were linked to six stillbirths and newborn deaths, including one on Tuesday.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Victoria spent over $1b on a surgery catch-up plan. The financial watchdog can’t say if rapid clinics worked
The state’s surgery catch-up blitz following the pandemic has missed key targets, delivering 30,000 fewer procedures than expected.
- by Broede Carmody and Kieran Rooney
The two Sydney hospitals with the worst patient satisfaction
Liverpool and Blacktown hospitals in Sydney’s south-west and west scored markedly lower than the other 82 hospitals across the state in the latest inpatient survey report.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Healthcare
Second Perth man claims ankle surgery cost him his lower leg
Wayne Rance went in for ankle surgery in the early days of his retirement. He never anticipated he would end up needing his entire lower left leg amputated.
- by Hannah Murphy
‘Grave fears’: Overdose deaths reach 10-year high in Victoria
Hundreds of Victorians died by overdosing last year, according to a new report, which support services say should be a watershed for the state’s drug policy.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
The surreal moment this man saw a piece of his brain in a bank
If not for two white scars, concealed under a sweep of brown hair, there’s no evidence that 21-year-old Max Shearer was once seriously ill.
- by Courtney Kruk
Editorial
Defamation
Landmark court victory came in yet another case that should never have been heard
Dr Munjed Al Muderis’ case was the latest example of how a dozen money-driven defamation lawyers have made a cottage industry of extracting fees from rich clients only to score a spectacular own goal.
- The Age's View
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Hospitals
Smashed windows, broken teeth, makeshift weapons: Our emergency department nightmare exposed
Long waits for emergency care and a decline in community health services have contributed to a rise in physical assaults against NSW health staff, frontline workers say.
- by Angus Thomson
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Healthcare
Melbourne surgeons face lawsuit over alleged multimillion-dollar fraud
The Transport Accident Commission is to launch legal action against several surgeons at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a bid to claw back millions of dollars it alleges they fraudulently claimed by billing for procedures that were never performed.
- by Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody
‘Absolute nightmare’: How this family’s Brisbane trip turned from holiday to hospital horror
An extended stay in the city turned to a nightmare, as a family were left to navigate hospitals and insurance systems they say are failing overseas visitors.
- by Courtney Kruk
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Good Weekend
The August 9 Edition
The power of the placebo | The boom in knee replacements | Meet Australia’s first cat historian | Friends reunited, 50 years on | Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka