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| UpdatedA 68-year-old former child psychiatrist charged in Perth with 40 historic child sex offences, some dating back more than a quarter of a century, indicates he will plead not guilty.
Topics: sexual-offences, child-abuse, doctors-and-medical-professionals, west-leederville-6007
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A group of doctors are launching a High Court challenge against the secrecy provisions of the Border Force Act. This is why.
Topics: immigration, human, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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| UpdatedDoctors in Papua New Guinea have given the Government until August 4th to respond to their demands and say there could be a nation-wide strike if it does not.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, world-politics, budget, university-and-further-education, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedThe family of a Perth girl is cautiously hoping a panel of experts will be able to diagnose the mystery condition which has baffled the 11-year-old's doctors for years.
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Tasmanian taxpayers spent more than $16 million on fly-in doctors in the 12 months to March, according to figures released under Right to Information laws.
Topics: health, government-and-politics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, tas
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The next pay rise for WA nurses will not be backdated, leaving 15,000 out of pocket until consensus is reached on a new enterprise bargaining agreement, Health Minister John Day confirms.
Topics: health, health-administration, doctors-and-medical-professionals, wa
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| UpdatedAmerican doctors are risking their lives to help victims of airstrikes in one of the world's most dangerous cities, Aleppo in Syria.
Topics: world-politics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, unrest-conflict-and-war, syrian-arab-republic, united-states
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Topics: world-politics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, unrest-conflict-and-war, syrian-arab-republic
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In this episode: Unravelling medical mysteries, the dark history of an NT leper colony, reintroducing native wildlife in Canberra and a grassroots exercise group for mums. #AustraliaWide
Topics: health, adolescent-health, child-health-and-behaviour, disabilities, diseases-and-disorders, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health-administration, medical-research, human-interest, family-and-children, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, biological-diversity, endangered-and-protected-species, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environment, australia, act, wa, nt
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An Australia-based medical charity cancels a planned trip to Papua New Guinea due to a doctors' strike and safety concerns, as political unrest continues in the country.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, unrest-conflict-and-war, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, papua-new-guinea, pacific
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Western Australia's Health Minister John Day concedes the closure of the GP after-hours clinic at Royal Perth Hospital could lead to more people attending the facility's emergency department.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, state-parliament, doctors-and-medical-professionals, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPlastic surgeons in Australia find breast implants contaminated with bacteria may increase women's risk of developing a rare type of cancer.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, cancer, health, medical-research, medical-procedures, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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In this episode: A new focus on farmer health, WA’s thriving truffle industry, the Aboriginal outstation getting back to the land and an unlikely historical friendship. #AustraliaWide.
Topics: community-and-society, suicide, doctors-and-medical-professionals, occupational-health-and-safety, rural, farm-labour, rural-women, environmentally-sustainable-business, globalisation---economy, regional-development, trade, livestock, urban-development-and-planning, australia, vic, wa, nt, sa
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The union representing Tasmanian paramedics will return to the negotiating table today, hopeful the Government will come up with a better offer for its members.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, unions, government-and-politics, tas
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| UpdatedAn American surgeon working inside Aleppo's hospitals describes the "fear and horror" in the rebel-held Syrian town and reveals his heartbreak at and having to decide which children to save.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, doctors-and-medical-professionals, world-politics, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Health is urging people who underwent cosmetic procedures at a woman's home in Sydney's inner west to contact their GP amid fears they may have contacted blood-borne viruses.
Topics: medical-procedures, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, sydney-2000, australia
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| UpdatedMeet Jack Vawdrey, a quadriplegic young man who has had revolutionary surgery reconnecting the nerves in his arms.
Topics: health, medical-procedures, doctors-and-medical-professionals, vic, australia
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| UpdatedNew South Wales children with the worst cases of drug-resistant epilepsy will be the first children in Australia given access to a cannabis-based treatment.
Topics: cannabis, health, drug-use, medical-research, medical-ethics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, nsw, australia
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There is hope the push for the Murray Darling Medical School will gain momentum, with new Calare Nationals MP Andrew Gee pledging to make it his top priority.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, federal-elections, federal-government, university-and-further-education, orange-2800, wagga-wagga-2650, dubbo-2830, bendigo-3550
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| UpdatedA child who died as a result of an undiagnosed herpes infection was suffering from an unusual case and all medical practitioners who assessed her acted "appropriately", a doctor tells an inquest into the girl's death.
Topics: courts-and-trials, doctors-and-medical-professionals, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa