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Financial woes cast ‘significant doubt’ over Northern Beaches Hospital

Financial woes cast ‘significant doubt’ over Northern Beaches Hospital

Northern Beaches Hospital owes $280 million to Healthscope, the private hospital operator that tumbled to a $649 million loss in 2023.

  • by Angus Thomson

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‘Havoc’ for patients as hundreds of medicines in short supply

‘Havoc’ for patients as hundreds of medicines in short supply

More than 420 medicines are in short supply, including hormone replacement therapies. Medical experts warn the shortages are at best frustrating and at worst dangerous.

  • by Mary Ward and Amber Schultz
Prolific circumcision doctor banned from performing the surgery
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Prolific circumcision doctor banned from performing the surgery

The Medical Board of Australia has placed a series of conditions on the registration of Melbourne doctor Hershel Goldman.

  • by Henrietta Cook
Victorian child confirmed to have rare and dangerous H5N1 bird flu

Victorian child confirmed to have rare and dangerous H5N1 bird flu

A critically ill child who returned from India in March was infected with the disease, which has killed millions of animals worldwide.

  • by Angus Dalton and Bianca Hall
Heart surgery suspended at Melbourne hospital after second equipment failure
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Heart surgery suspended at Melbourne hospital after second equipment failure

The fault in a machine that takes over the function of the heart and lungs during surgery was the second equipment malfunction at the Austin in the past month.

  • by Jewel Topsfield
‘Disorders of consciousness’: The million-dollar question and the mysteries of coma
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‘Disorders of consciousness’: The million-dollar question and the mysteries of coma

An “acute brain failure” jettisons a patient, their doctors and families into an anxious twilight zone. How aware is a person in a coma? And how are decisions made in the face of uncertainty?

  • by Jackson Graham
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The unusual plan to reverse the long-running sperm and egg drought
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The unusual plan to reverse the long-running sperm and egg drought

In a bid to help hundreds of patients wanting to start a family, the state government has launched a campaign to encourage Victorians to donate their sperm and eggs.

  • by Henrietta Cook
The virus soup that’s making Victorians so sick

The virus soup that’s making Victorians so sick

Xavier complained of a headache. Within hours, he was having seizures in hospital. The five-year-old is one of the rising number of Victorians falling victim to the flu, COVID-19 or RSV.

  • by Henrietta Cook and Melissa Cunningham
St John Ambulance drivers told to hit the brakes

St John Ambulance drivers told to hit the brakes

St John Ambulance has reduced the maximum speeds its drivers can reach while responding to life-threatening emergencies.

  • by Michael Genovese
Virus soup: The five things making Sydney sick

Virus soup: The five things making Sydney sick

Influenza and COVID-19 are spreading rapidly in NSW, but they are not our only problem.

  • by Megan Gorrey
Patient seriously harmed after equipment fails during heart surgery
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Patient seriously harmed after equipment fails during heart surgery

Between July 2021 and June 2022, 151 people died because of preventable errors in Victorian hospitals, according to data obtained by The Age.

  • by Aisha Dow