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It took a team of overseas doctors to discover why Sofia Belmonte had a stroke at just eight years old and now she is concerned PBS changes could put her at risk of another.
Topics: health-policy, diet-and-nutrition, child-health-and-behaviour, pharmaceuticals, canberra-2600, australia
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Paralympian Jan Pike Jan Pike is used to battling. But one of the biggest fights of her life has been dealing with the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Topics: disabilities, health, health-policy, health-insurance, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedFor Jan Pike, one of the biggest fights of her life has been dealing with the National Disability Insurance Scheme - so much so, that she says it almost cost her her life.
Topics: disabilities, health, health-policy, health-insurance, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThe CEO of the Angau Hospital in Lae is calling on Papua New Guineans to change the way they think about cancer amid ongoing public outcry about the conditions at the country's only treatment centre.
Topics: cancer, health-policy, social-media, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedFrontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, health-policy, health-administration, australia, act, nsw, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt, wa
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Planned changes to the South Australian Ambulance Service will not cost jobs, chief executive Jason Killens promises.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, health-policy, government-and-politics, community-and-society, regional, mount-gambier-5290, adelaide-5000, port-pirie-5540, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, renmark-5341
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government has moved to loosen importation laws on medicinal cannabis, and people who use it say they are cautiously optimistic.
Topics: cannabis, health-policy, federal-government, health, australia
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| UpdatedFor the first time in history, the Federal Government is helping Australians with chronic illnesses to get their hands on medicinal marijuana, by fast-tracking importation while local supplies expand.
Topics: cannabis, health-policy, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedBorder Force officials seize a record volume of illegal cigarettes and tobacco, including products hidden inside fluffy toys, machinery, picture frames and platform shoes.
Topics: tobacco, smoking, health-policy, law-crime-and-justice, nsw, australia, sydney-2000
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Some public sector radiologists are threatening to cut back their services, saying their skills are not being recognised by SA health authorities.
Topics: unions, government-and-politics, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, woodville-5011, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedGabby Wanambi should not have died from septicaemia and a hospital could have prevented it had it given her appropriate treatment, the Northern Territory coroner says.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, death, community-and-society, health-policy, child-health-and-behaviour, nhulunbuy-0880
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Regional hospitals across South Australia are at risk of losing their mains power during future load shedding blackouts.
Topics: health, health-administration, health-policy, healthcare-facilities, mount-gambier-5290, sa, penola-5277, millicent-5280, murray-bridge-5253
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| UpdatedPatients are getting stuck in emergency rooms and elective surgery wait times are the longest they have been in 15 years, an Australian Medical Association report shows, labelling the system virtually stagnant and "woeful".
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health-policy, health-administration, australia
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| UpdatedOnce it's fully operational, the NDIS will be one of the biggest Government-funded program after Medicare. But where will those funds come from?
Topics: disabilities, health, health-administration, health-insurance, health-policy, australia
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| UpdatedIndependent senator Jacqui Lambie says she is considering fielding candidates for her own political party at the next Tasmanian election if nothing is done to fix the state's health system.
Topics: government-and-politics, immigration, refugees, states-and-territories, health-policy, elections, tas
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is applauding progress in health and education ahead of the release of the latest report card into Indigenous disadvantage.
Topics: indigenous-policy, health-policy, education, australia
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| UpdatedLegal action has ended over the delayed Royal Adelaide Hospital build, the South Australian Government says, and construction should finish in March.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, health-policy, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe Government approves a nearly 5 per cent increase in premiums but the Prime Minister urges people to stick with private health insurance.
Topics: health, health-insurance, health-policy, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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As the SA Government unveils a new campaign aimed at reducing violence in hospitals, nurses call for the right to refuse treatment to aggressive patients.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, occupational-health-and-safety, health, social-media, sa, adelaide-5000
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Rorting might happen once the private sector takes over some public sector elderly and disability services in South Australia, a union warns.
Topics: health-policy, older-people, disabilities, states-and-territories, health, government-and-politics, sa, adelaide-5000
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With recent data on smoking rates confirming its prevalence and power in Australia's regions, one country town is using friendship and fundraising to help its residents kick the habit.
Topics: smoking, health-policy, healthcare-facilities, regional, trangie-2823, dubbo-2830, orange-2800
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| UpdatedDi Wilschefski was talking about guardian angels when she was struck down by cardiac arrest on Serendipity Drive, where her life was saved by a cardiac nurse and a portable defibrillator.
Topics: emergency-incidents, medical-procedures, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, people, samford-4520, melbourne-3000
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A Tasmanian mum who lost her 16-year-old son to suicide enlists the help of Lifeline in a bid to fill a gap in services for those affected by similar tragedies.
Topics: suicide, mental-health, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedMid North Coast Aboriginal health services attract new funding.
Topics: aboriginal, health-policy, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, health, mental-health, healthcare-facilities, regional, coffs-harbour-2450, port-macquarie-2444
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| UpdatedA national approach to the deadly W strain of Meningococcal disease is being considered by Australia's health chief, as concerns rise over an increase in the number of cases.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, vaccines-and-immunity, diseases-and-disorders, health-policy, australia, wa, nsw