
Senior doctors raise concerns about RAH Ward 2F
South Australia’s Chief Psychiatrist has conducted a review into a ward at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after concerns were raised by doctors about the care of patients.
South Australia’s Chief Psychiatrist has conducted a review into a ward at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after concerns were raised by doctors about the care of patients.
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer will conduct an urgent review into the deaths of four babies at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in the past month – linked to a lack of paediatric cardiac services – as a leaked report reveals authorities were warned of the risks more than a year ago.
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A lack of cardiac surgery resources at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital has contributed to the deaths of four babies in the past month, a parliamentary committee has heard this morning in evidence described as “a national disgrace”.
The State Government has pledged $5 million to replace a key mental health unit in Adelaide’s north after it closed the original facility over concerns it wasn’t suitable for suicidal patients, InDaily can reveal.
The State Government has failed to find funding to replace an intensive treatment unit designed to prevent dangerously long emergency department waiting times for Adelaide mental health patients, the doctors’ union says.