Hospitals in crisis
‘I still hope it’s all a dream’: Woman grieves baby’s death at Joondalup hospital
A bereaved woman whose baby Amir died in the hours between his induction and his birth at Joondalup Health Campus says she still has “no answers” from the staff.
- by Emma Young
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Medicine
The care has been stripped from WA healthcare. But we can turn things around
A Perth doctor says that WA’s healthcare system is at a crisis point. But she hopes that if action is taken at all levels, it will become a turning point.
- by Dr Lucy Caratti
The people’s verdict: What you made of the NSW budget
From builders and electricians to health workers and concerned parents, here’s what the people made of Daniel Mookhey’s second budget.
- by Angus Thomson, Anthony Segaert and Michael Koziol
Patients are flooding NSW hospitals in record numbers. The solution might be a bitter pill
Waiting room chairs, hallways and overflow tents: If you’ve been to a NSW hospital this year, you know the challenge facing the health minister.
- by Angus Thomson
Minister vows to assess bulk-billing as Joondalup Hospital probe begins
The health department will join a review of hospital services, and what people pay for GPs in Perth’s north will be scrutinised, after the death of toddler Sandipan Dhar.
- by Jesinta Burton
Shattered Perth parents speak of dark hours before toddler’s death
A couple have described their harrowing weeks trying to get basic medical testing done on their dying little son, right up until his final hours in hospital.
- by Emma Young
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Tragedy
Parents claim multiple doctors denied desperate pleas for testing before toddler died
Sandipan Dhar’s parents rushed their 21-month-old to Joondalup Health Campus in March with a high fever that would not settle after several trips to a GP practice.
- by Holly Thompson
Right patient, wrong surgery: New report reveals shocking WA hospital bungles
Wrong meds, botched surgeries and “sentinel events”: WA’s health system has harboured a growth in clinical errors resulting in serious harm and even death.
- by Hamish Hastie
More free urgent care clinics part of $8.5 billion health commitment
Health Minister Mark Butler said the 58 existing urgent care clinics were already making a difference for patients needing walk-in medical treatment.
- by Rachel Clun
Multimillion-dollar overhaul for WA children’s health services buckling under ‘unprecedented’ demand
In the past 10 years, referrals to Child Development Service paediatricians have risen by 132 per cent.
- by Holly Thompson