Healthcare
'He needs to be locked up': A Perth father's crusade for his meth-addicted son
“I don’t think anyone wakes up in the morning and says they want to be a meth addict.”
- by Kate Hedley
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Healthcare
'Relief and disgust': Hamze Ibrahim's family attacked online as Paramedics Association apologises
The grieving family have been subjected to vicious social media trolls attacking them and and the memory of Mr Ibrahim after the APA claimed paramedics were threatened by a "vicious mob" and blamed for Hamze Ibrahim's death.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Healthcare
Illegal 'mega-raffle' run by vaping shops shut down by NSW authorities
An illegal online raffle to raise money for a pro-vaping lobby group has been shut down by NSW authorities.
- by Esther Han
Health
Canberra surgeon calls out bullying in ACT's public hospitals
The government has previously dismissed calls for an inquiry into bullying within ACT Health as a "political stunt".
- by Daniella White
Healthcare
Dying man nearly didn't get caramel sundae due to logistical nightmare
Ron McCartney wanted a caramel sundae for his "final journey", but the ambulance was too tall for McDonald's drive-thru.
- by Toby Crockford
Healthcare
Queensland paramedics' gift of caramel sundae celebrated
Ambulance staff have shared a photo of a patient enjoying his final dessert.
- by Lucy Stone
Courts
Spiritual healer Serge Benhayon 'not a cult leader': court
A former Sydney tennis coach is not a sexual predator or cult leader, his lawyer has told the NSW Supreme Court as he sues a blogger for defamation.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Healthcare
'Antibiotics don’t cure colds': Calls for prescription crackdown
In one case a woman in a care home was found to have taken antibiotics for more than a decade, after she caught a chest infection while owning a parrot.
- by Aisha Dow
Healthcare
Teenager was 'sent home with painkillers' before dying of meningococcal
A 19-year-old woman was reportedly sent home from Gosford Hospital with painkillers before being re-admitted and diagnosed with meningococcal.
- by Kate Aubusson
Healthcare
Mischelle Rhodes dies of meningococcal disease on NSW Central Coast
Mischelle Rhodes is the second person to die of meningococcal disease in the region so far this year.
- by Kate Aubusson
Courts
Newcastle doctor found not guilty after record-breaking criminal trial
A well known GP has been found not guilty of 50 counts of sexual and indecent assault after the longest criminal trial in Newcastle's history.
- by Sam Rigney