Hospitals
Ed Sheeran surprises hospital patients with impromptu children’s performance
The pop star has returned to Melbourne a week after his run of three huge shows at Marvel Stadium.
- Alexander Darling
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Osborne Park Hospital expansion: Work begins on new facility for northern suburbs mums
The milestone comes as the Cook government was forced to defend the WA hospital system’s readiness for the upcoming flu season
- Hamish Hastie
How a deadly fungus cluster exposed NSW’s wicked hospital problem
Many of NSW’s 4400 hospital buildings are ageing and riddled with mould, but a $940 million upgrade of one Sydney hospital may have disturbed spores deadly to some of its sickest patients.
- Angus Thomson and Michael Ruffles
Bad end to summer in WA’s hospitals points to an even worse winter
Ramping figures released today for last month show it was the worst February on record, with ambulances parked outside public hospitals for nearly 4893 hours while waiting to transfer their patient.
- Hamish Hastie
‘Ongoing pigeon problem’: Hospital review finds 112 maintenance faults
The NSW government’s snap review comes after health workers raised patient safety concerns over fungus, mould and pigeon infestations.
- Kate Aubusson
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Patients catch bird lice in NSW hospital infested with pigeons
Bird droppings falling from ceiling vents, dead smells in corridors and bird lice have all been reported at NSW hospitals in the last three months, documents reveal.
- Angus Thomson
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Pigeons, mould, fungus: are these public hospitals or dodgy sharehouses?
NSW Health Minister Ryan Park will face budget estimates on Monday.
- The Herald's View
‘Disturbing’: Mould found in hospital after deadly fungus cluster
The mould infestation was found after a cluster of fungal infections leading to the deaths of two patients.
- Angus Thomson and Michael Ruffles
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‘Negligent, careless and lazy’: Father’s anguish as man jailed over hospital baby tragedies
Christopher Turner was contracted to install and test oxygen and nitrous oxide gas lines in a Sydney hospital.
- Clare Sibthorpe
Independent team to oversee troubled Cumberland Hospital
Three people have died in incidents allegedly involving patients who had absconded from the 175-year-old facility, which will be replaced by a new complex at Westmead next year.
- Angus Thomson