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‘I’m grieving my old body’: How a young woman lost her ovary to a surgeon now under investigation
The federal health minister has requested scrutiny of clinical governance at the Epworth hospital after allegations that one of its surgeons performed unnecessary surgeries to treat endometriosis.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Pollution
Plan to protect children from toxic metals erased from NSW government report
The state’s chief scientist warned delayed action on lead contamination put generations of children at risk of lifelong complications.
- by Angus Thomson
The troubled Sydney hospital where men escaped before alleged stabbing, deadly crash
Urgent reviews have been launched after two men absconded from involuntary care at the state’s largest mental health facility, but staff fear being made scapegoats.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Healthcare
Bullying, mismanagement allegations rock major medical body
The incoming president of one of Australia’s largest medical colleges has cast doubt on its long-term survival after months of dysfunction.
- by Angus Thomson
Health insurance just became more expensive. Here’s what you need to know
The biggest rise in premiums in eight years will hit 15 million Australians from April. See how it affects your health fund.
- by Angus Thomson
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Medicine
We have an antibiotics problem. They kill more Australians than road accidents
Resistant infections kill about 1600 people in Australia every year, yet we’re barely talking about it.
- by Mark Blaskovich
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Medicine
Superbugs deaths are rising: This ‘Netflix-style’ subscription could turn the tide
About 100 Australians die every week from a superbug infection, with newborn babies and the critically ill being at greatest risk of the rising threat.
- by Kate Aubusson
Nearly half of all Queensland doctors at risk of burnout, survey finds
Workforce shortages, increased workload and greater demand for services were behind the worrying figure.
- by Courtney Kruk
Opinion
Genetics
Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Now we know why this matters
This loss, evident in almost half of older men, is associated with serious diseases throughout the body and a shorter lifespan.
- by Jenny Graves
The science of sunlight: Why the new Footscray Hospital is built differently
The new $1.5 billion hospital is ditching windowless and noisy wards for soundproofed, sunny rooms to slash patients’ recovery times.
- by Henrietta Cook
‘Deeply confronting’: Hospital unaware surgeon was under investigation for months
The Epworth chief executive has warned that patient safety is being put at risk by confidentiality laws surrounding doctors under investigation by the health watchdog.
- by Henrietta Cook and Liam Mannix