Hospitals in crisis
Patient remains in ICU four months after deadly fungus cluster
Authorities have identified the most likely source of the outbreak that caused the deaths of two patients at a prestigious Sydney hospital.
- Angus Thomson
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‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: WA women’s mental health beds to be used for aged care patients
The Cook government’s winter health strategy will see the number of women’s mental health beds at the Cockburn Health facility shrink by one-third, according to a leaked letter.
- Hamish Hastie
Family of grandmother left in Midland hospital corridor for 48 hours lash WA health system
Elsie Gribben’s family took her to the hospital on Tuesday after she was complaining of leg pain and picked her up two day later without a diagnosis.
- Hamish Hastie
Queensland emergency departments hit 10-year low, report shows
A nationwide review of public hospitals showed significant strain on Queensland’s public healthcare system, with only half of patients presenting to emergency seen within the recommended window.
- Courtney Kruk
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- Perth
Heart surgeons stood down amid staffing ‘crisis’ at major Perth hospital
Documents released to this masthead under Freedom of Information laws detail challenges Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital’s cardiothoracic surgery unit, largely throughout 2024 and 2025.
- Holly Thompson
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
‘Ongoing pigeon problem’: Hospital review finds 112 maintenance faults
The NSW government’s snap review comes after health workers raised patient safety concerns over fungus, mould and pigeon infestations.
- Kate Aubusson
Independent team to oversee troubled Cumberland Hospital
Three people have died in incidents allegedly involving patients who had absconded from the 175-year-old facility, which will be replaced by a new complex at Westmead next year.
- Angus Thomson
The Sydney hospitals where nurses are expected to be prison guards
Alleged killings are predictable when hospitals are treated as prisons, a senior psychiatrist says, as the use of Section 19b orders has become a lightning rod.
- Kate Aubusson
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.
- Kate Aubusson