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Wednesday, September 19

Poor nursing care led to SA man's death

The South Australian Coroner has lashed the nursing care given to an elderly man in a country hospital with expert evidence declaring his death almost certainly preventable.

Why hospitals are more dangerous in January

More things go wrong in hospitals in January. The Grattan Institute’s Stephen Duckett and Greg Moran explain why.

Doctors "lost control" of patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital emergency department after a planned IT system shutdown, a South Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Association report says. Photo: Tony Lewis / InDaily

Doctors "lost control of ED" after planned EPAS shutdown: union

Doctors lost control of an Adelaide emergency department after the hospital’s electronic patient health records system was switched off at the start of the hospital’s busiest day, a union inspection report says.

Review for SA hospital power back-ups

The systems keeping South Australia’s hospitals running when power is lost will be reviewed after failures during the state’s blackout.