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Kate Aubusson

Kate Aubusson is a journalist with Fairfax Media

Ambulances were told to avoid Nepean Hospital after the emergency department reached capacity on Monday night.

Nepean Hospital not 'taken off matrix'

Nepean Hospital issued a stern statement emphatically stating no ambulances were diverted its ED on Monday when the hospital struggled to cope with its huge patient load. 

Ambulances were told to avoid Nepean Hospital after the ED reached capacity on Monday night.,

Sydney hospital forced to close to ambulances

Ambulances were forced to bypass a major hospital in Sydney's west on Monday morning after Nepean Hospital's emergency department reached capacity, paramedics and hospital staff say.

A mass of hot air settles over NSW causing heatwave conditions this week.

How to stay cool in Sydney's big heat

As Sydney comes up for air after enduring its first heatwave of 2017, the true extent of the negative health effects caused by soaring temperatures won't be known for some time, health experts say.