New laws could see Victorians get a lethal dose in days
People with terminal illnesses could access lethal medication with 10 days of requesting it.
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Aisha Dow
Lethal drugs to be stored in 'locked box' under assisted dying regime
Terminally-ill Victorians who decide to end their lives will have to prove their lethal drugs are stored in a locked box to stop them falling into the wrong hands.
Hospitals forced to ration 'critical' painkiller fentanyl
Australian hospitals are being forced to ration a painkiller used in millions of operations each year.
Here's one more reason caffeine is good for humanity
Caffeine used to treat premature babies.
Gastro strikes hospitals and aged care homes in Melbourne's east
Patients at a private hospital in Melbourne's east have been quarantined over a nine-day period after an outbreak of gastroenteritis.
Melbourne's exploding balconies
A frightening series of "spontaneous" glass balcony explosions at Melbourne apartment buildings has highlighted the dangers of cheap and faulty construction products flooding into Australia.
Minister says all hospitals 'safe' amid cladding probe
Health Minister says 'every health care building in Victoria has been declared safe and fit to occupy".
​High-rise fire-trap fears
Hundreds of tenants living in at least a dozen high-rise blocks are unaware their buildings could be flammable-cladding fire traps.
Unit owners may be forced to sell
"Decaying" old apartment buildings around Melbourne could be demolished and sold to developers under proposed reforms that could see people's homes forcibly acquired.
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