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Complex surgery successfully separates Fijian conjoined twins
By Lice Movono and Evan Wasuka
In what was described as an "exceptionally rare" case, doctors in Saudi Arabia say a complex operation to separate 13-month-old Fijian conjoined twins has been successful.
#Health #InfantHealth #Surgery #Children #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #HumanInterest #LiceMovono #EvanWasuka
Calls for stronger warnings on iron infusion risks
By Danielle Mahe
With the use of iron infusions on the rise in Australia, medical experts warn patients to be aware of a potentially serious side effect called hypophosphataemia.
#Health #WomensHealth #DiseasesandDisorders #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #DanielleMahe
From Scotland to Tasmania, tiny town welcomes new GP
By Sandy Powell
A tiny Tasmanian town's first local GP in nine years has arrived, all the way from Scotland.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-15/permanent-doctor-for-strahan-tasmania/107259746
#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Health #RegionalCommunities #SandyPowell
Rural doctors hit out at 'unsafe' birthing services model amid shortages
By Alana Calvert, Tahlia Fahey, and Clem Stanley
Rural GPs in South Australia's Mid North are urging the government not to trial a new birthing service at two of their hospitals, saying it will fragment patient care and have flow-on effects on an already under-pressure health system.
#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #HealthPolicy #Babies #RegionalCommunities #WomensHealth #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AlanaCalvert #TahliaFahey #ClemStanley
EDs 'not adequately equipped' for aging population, report says
By Cason Ho
The nation's peak body for emergency doctors has warned that long emergency department waits are common because of surging demand driven by Australia's aging population.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/acem-report-aging-population-health-system-crisis/107257352
#OlderPeople #HealthcareFacilities #EmergencyServices #Health #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #AgedCare #CasonHo
Doctor banned for prescribing drugs to patient, then buying them back
A South Australian GP has lost his registration after entering an arrangement with a patient that involved prescribing an addictive opioid medication, which he then bought back, a tribunal has ruled.
Plastic surgeons warn of complications as Australians seek face lifts overseas
By Shari Hams
A South Korean cosmetic surgery company has cancelled a Sydney event where prospective patients were due to meet doctors not registered to practise in Australia.
#MedicalProcedures #CosmeticIndustry #Health #WomensHealth #MedicalEthics #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #ShariHams
What it's like to live and work in Antarctica
Winnie Yum and her partner Nelson Athanasiou had to navigate the reality of putting their lives and careers in Australia on hold for 12 months after being accepted for roles at Davis Research Station.
Judith Lucy's cancer journey will reveal resilience she didn't know she had
Judith Lucy's breast cancer diagnosis means she has joined a club nobody wants to be a part of. A survivor tells how humour and resilience can make the journey easier.
#BreastCancer #WomensHealth #MedicalProcedures #Cancer #Health #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals
Woman, 71, treated on 'cold floor' of Adelaide hospital
By Will Hunter
A woman details how she spent four hours on the floor of the Noarlunga Hospital while being treated for a chronic lung condition.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-09/woman-treated-on-cold-floor-of-adelaide-hospital/107246716
#HealthcareFacilities #HealthPolicy #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #WillHunter
This rural town has 2,000 people and, soon, not a single GP
By Jacob Gamble
A Queensland town is set to lose its only permanent GP, as advocates warn the situation is at breaking point.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-04/moura-rural-health-doctor-shortage/107221188
#PublicHealth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Health #JacobGamble
Concreter survives three deadly strokes, warns against ignoring symptoms
By Madeline Grace
A Queensland stroke survivor is overhauling his life and spreading awareness of symptoms after nearly dying this year, as experts say rushing to hospital as soon as possible is critical.
#Stroke #Health #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #MadelineGrace
SA hospital pressure leading to demand 'flashpoint', union warns
By Daniel Keane and Matthew Ward Agius
A non-verbal man who was later diagnosed with pneumonia was ramped for more than nine hours at an outer suburbs hospital amid significant demand that the doctors union says left staff feeling "helpless".
#HealthcareFacilities #HealthPolicy #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Unions #DanielKeane #MatthewWardAgius
Victorian doctors to walk off the job amid ongoing pay dispute
By Jason Katsaras
Thousands of doctors could strike on Thursday to protest what they describe as deteriorating conditions leading to burnout.
#Health #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Unions #HealthAdministration #PublicHealth #JasonKatsaras
Retired doctor extradited from NSW pleads not guilty to indecent assault
A patient who was allegedly indecently assaulted during a medical appointment 20 years ago has told a Tasmanian court he was frightened of reporting the incident at the time.
'Makeshift' treatment areas and long waits reported at major Adelaide hospital ED
By Isabella Carbone
Patients waited more than 13 hours to be treated at the biggest emergency department in Adelaide's northern suburbs, which has been operating at "crisis" levels for months, according to SA's doctors' union.
#Health #HealthcareFacilities #HealthPolicy #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #FederalStateIssues #IsabellaCarbone
Migrant doctors filling GP gaps where 'there's nobody else'
By Grace Crivellaro and Brooke Chandler
As political debate about slashing migrant numbers continues, a medical centre in the NSW Southern Highlands is relying on doctors from overseas.
#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Health #Work #HealthPolicy #MigrationPolicy #RegionalCommunities #Immigration #GraceCrivellaro #BrookeChandler
Cold and flu supplements containing controversial herb to face recall
By Joanna Woodburn
Australia's medicines regulator flags the future recall of cold and flu supplements containing a herb linked to anaphylaxis and other severe allergic reactions.
#CoughsandColds #Allergies #Health #AlternativeMedicine #Herbalist #VaccinesandImmunity #AcupunctureandChineseMedicine #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #JoannaWoodburn
'This same crap': Why a trailblazing surgeon took on the establishment
By Erin Semmler and Leisa Scott
Australia's first Indigenous eye surgeon Kris Rallah-Baker has walked a zigzag path, driven by family struggles and overcoming 'unashamed racism'.
#Ophthalmology #IndigenousPeoples #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #HumanInterest #Racism #IndigenousCulture #Eyes #ErinSemmler #LeisaScott
Outback nurse credits non-profit counselling service for saving career
By Esse Deves
A remote area nurse who has previously worked across the Pilbara and Kimberley is encouraging other regional nurses and midwives to seek peer-to-peer counselling if experiencing burnout, anxiety or isolation.
#MentalHealth #Counselling #Nurses #RemoteWorking #Health #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #EsseDeves
Mother's videos of dying toddler may be used to train junior doctors
By Catherine James
The mother of two-year-old Pippa White, who died in a NSW Hospital after diagnosis and treatment delays has welcomed the prospect of videos of her symptoms being used to train doctors.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/toddler-pippa-white-sepsis-death-coronial-inquest/107151038
#ChildrensHealth #PublicHealth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Courts #CatherineJames
'Wrong decision': New babies' hospital plans slammed by doctors
By Keane Bourke
The WA government unveils revised plans for the new Women and Babies Hospital, including upgraded infant transfer facilities, but the doctors' lobby is unimpressed.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-09/new-perth-babies-hospital-plans-slammed-by-doctors/107133008
#HealthcareFacilities #PregnancyandChildbirth #InfantHealth #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #HealthPolicy #WomensHealth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #KeaneBourke
Rural towns finding the right medicine to end doctor drought
By Liam O'Connell and Ellie Willcox
Nearly a third of medical graduates are taking up general practice, and health experts say it is an opportunity to rebuild rural practices from the ground up.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-09/healthcare-solutions-patchy-gp-coverage/107123532
#Health #RegionalCommunities #HealthPolicy #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #LiamOConnell #EllieWillcox
Ex-chief psychiatrist 'rendered unemployable' gets licence conditions removed
By Ashleigh Barraclough
Tasmania's former chief psychiatrist has had conditions on his medical registration removed, after earlier admitting to professional misconduct by prescribing medication to his partner.
Maternity unit problems persist at Toowoomba Hospital, review finds
By Grace Nakamura and Elly Bradfield
Longstanding issues at Toowoomba Hospital's troubled maternity unit are yet to be resolved, according to an independent review of the ward.
#WomensHealth #Health #HealthAdministration #PregnancyandChildbirth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #GraceNakamura #EllyBradfield
Victorian healthcare system is 'fundamentally broken', GP says
By Jean Bell and Eden Hynninen
Australia's leading GP group warns people will continue to get sicker if clinics and staff are not supported.
#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #RegionalCommunities #HealthAdministration #JeanBell #EdenHynninen
Hundreds or regional doctors stop work over poor working conditions
By Eden Hynninen, Charlotte Wilkes, and Tyrone Dalton
Doctors from Ballarat Base Hospital and Bendigo Health have walked off the job citing exhaustion, low morale and stressful working conditions.
#IndustrialAction #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #EdenHynninen #CharlotteWilkes #TyroneDalton
Extra beds added to Darwin's ageing hospital as new ward welcome patients
By Oliver Chaseling
A new multi-purpose ward at the Northern Territory's largest hospital has received its first patients this week, with hopes the $24 million investment will help ease capacity pressures in Darwin's health sector.
#PublicHealth #StateandTerritoryGovernment #FederalGovernment #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Infrastructure #GovernmentFunding #OliverChaseling
Perth GP receives bravery commendation for disarming axe-wielding attacker
By Emma Wynne
Fergus McCabe has been commended for bravery after he ran to the aid of his colleague, GP Anna Chaney, after a stalker entered her consulting room and wounded her in stomach, grabbing the axe and restraining the offender until police arrived.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/bravery-commendation-for-perth-gp-axe-attack/107102828
#AwardsandPrizes #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Crime #EmmaWynne
'Tears of joy': Woman’s lost thumb replaced with second toe
By Madeline Grace
A plastic surgeon has successfully replaced a patient's lost thumb with her second toe, moving her to tears of joy when she was able to wiggle it post-surgery.
#Surgery #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #MedicalProcedures #Work #MadelineGrace
How a world-leading health study in a small town helped shape modern medicine
By Madigan Landry and Neve Brissenden
Since 1966, the Busselton Health Study has made several life-saving medical advancements possible, changing the way some chronic diseases are treated around the world.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/busselton-health-study-turns-60/107054940
#MedicalResearch #PopulationGroups #RegionalCommunities #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #DiseasesandDisorders #HumanInterest #HeartDisease #Asthma #MadiganLandry #NeveBrissenden
Drug company backdown sees lifesaving cancer treatment offered for free
By Mary Lloyd and Stephanie Dalzell
Breast cancer patients were considering removing their ovaries until the maker of Zoladex 3.6mg said they would give the drug away rather than list it on the PBS.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/zoladex-pbs-astrazeneca-breast-cancer-endometriosis/106969942
#WomensHealth #Health #DiseasesandDisorders #MedicalResearch #Pharmaceuticals #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #MaryLloyd #StephanieDalzell
Mothers in WA's north to be left without a private midwife
By Ruby Littler
The only private midwifery practice in Broome is being forced to close because it is no longer sustainable to keep operations going.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-17/private-midwifery-practice-kimberley-shuts/106457042
#PregnancyandChildbirth #WomensHealth #HealthcareFacilities #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #RubyLittler
Lucinda donated her heart to another woman and lived to tell the tale
By Janelle Miles and Emma Pollard
Lucinda is a member of an exclusive club — living heart donors, and is the only woman to have a baby after a heart-lung-liver transplant
#Health #CommunityandSociety #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #DeathandDying #DiseasesandDisorders #MedicalProcedures #PregnancyandChildbirth #JanelleMiles #EmmaPollard
Is ADHD a superpower? We unpack meaning behind key symptoms
By Mark du Potiers and Gemma Ferguson
Some people refer to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder as "a superpower" while others describe their ADHD symptoms as debilitating. Can both be true?
#ADHD #PeopleWithDisability #MentalHealth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Psychiatry #SupportServices #MedicalResearch #MarkduPotiers #GemmaFerguson
Women say getting an IUD in Alice Springs feels impossible
By Elsie Lange
IUDs can be inserted by GPs, gynaecologists and family planning doctors, but in Alice Springs there aren't enough local professionals trained to do so.
#WomensHealth #Women #Contraception #SupportServices #RegionalCommunities #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #ElsieLange
Brisbane women turning to abortion clinics for miscarriage care
By Emma Pollard
Brisbane women have told the ABC they paid an abortion clinic for their chosen miscarriage care rather than getting it at their large public hospital.
#PregnancyandChildbirth #Abortion #Religion #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #ReproductionandContraception #EmmaPollard
Kitchen in the NT's newest hospital fails food safety standards
By Lillian Rangiah
Large sections of flooring at the Northern Territory's newest, multi-million-dollar hospital are having to be ripped up and replaced after the facility failed food safety checks.
#Infrastructure #FoodSafety #InfrastructureConstructionIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #OccupationalHealthandSafety #HealthcareClinic #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #LillianRangiah
US-based online retailer bans melatonin sales to Australia after jump in child overdoses
By Hanan Dervisevic
Many Australian families use melatonin supplements to help their kids get a good night's sleep. But new data shows a concerning spike in overdoses among children taking the gummies.
#Sleep #Parenting #Children #ChildrensHealth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #HananDervisevic
Morphine overdose from circumcision blamed for boy's 'devastating' death
By Briana Shepherd and Blake Kagi
Perth doctor Raad Hassan is referred to health regulators after circumcision surgery led to the "devastating" and preventable death of toddler David Kalunga Flynn from a morphine overdose.
#ChildrensHealth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #BrianaShepherd #BlakeKagi
Doctor referred to regulator over preventable death of 2yo after circumcision
By Briana Shepherd and Blake Kagi
Perth doctor Raad Hassan is referred to health regulators after circumcision surgery led to the "devastating" and preventable death of toddler David Kalunga Flynn from a morphine overdose.
#ChildrensHealth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #BrianaShepherd #BlakeKagi
When video of this surgeon went viral, his colleagues were the least surprised
By Louise Milligan, Mayeta Clark, and Lara Sonnenschein
It took a viral video for Australia to see a side of a celebrated neurosurgeon that some of his colleagues and patients had known about for years.
#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Surgery #MedicalEthics #MedicalProcedures #HealthcareFacilities #HealthAdministration #LouiseMilligan #MayetaClark # #LaraSonnenschein
Neurosurgeon dials in to emergency brain surgery from 600km away
By Katrina Beavan
New telehealth technology allows a neurosurgeon to "scrub in" from Brisbane via live feed to assist a Rockhampton general surgeon relieve a brain bleed, in an Australian public hospital first.
#Surgery #PublicHealth #EmergencyCare #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #MedicalProcedures #Health #KatrinaBeavan
SA doctors to strike if pay negotiations cannot be reached, union says
Members of South Australia's doctors union have rejected the state government's latest pay offer, with the union saying strike action will be considered if a negotiation cannot be reached.
Doctors on the brink: Burnout, unsafe shifts, and a system in collapse
By Hagar Cohen and Richard Mockler
As a junior doctor in a busy emergency department Dr Fahad Khan expected long hours and high stress. What he didn't expect was a creeping concern that it might kill him.
Hospital 'Tetris puzzle' could put SA patients at risk, tribunal hears
Doctors and nurses say patient care could be compromised if the SA government pushes ahead with plans to shift the infectious diseases unit out of Adelaide’s biggest public hospital and move it to a site across the road.
#PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #HealthcareFacilities #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals
Maternity services to expand in Hobart following private service closure
By Sophie Jaggers
Federal government funding will allow Hobart's maternity services to expand at both Calvary and the Royal Hobart hospitals.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-26/expanded-maternity-services-for-hobart/104983880
#PregnancyandChildbirth #Health #HealthAdministration #WomensHealth #MedicalProcedures #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #SophieJaggers
Queensland's new government to axe drug laws, against the advice of police and doctors
By Emma Pollard and Claudia Williams
Queensland's new premier has confirmed the LNP will repeal drug laws that are diverting thousands of people from the criminal justice system and have the support of police and doctors.
#DrugOffences #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Laws #JusticeSystem #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Police #EmmaPollard #ClaudiaWilliams
Social media now a go-to resource for GPs seeking specialists
By Meagan Dillon
Australian doctors are turning to social media to secure specialist appointments for their patients, as it becomes increasingly difficult to determine who has open books.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-28/doctors-using-social-media-to-book-specialists/104489522
#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #SocialMedia #Health #MeaganDillon
Australian patients have a hard time proving medical negligence, but in NZ it's a different story
By Owen Jacques and Grace Whiteside
Families face an expensive legal battle to prove medical negligence in Australia, but experts say reforms that New Zealand undertook two decades ago offer a solution.
#Health #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #LegalProfession #MedicalProcedures #LawCrimeandJustice #OwenJacques #GraceWhiteside
Kaitlyn went to hospital with severe cramps and left with an unexpected baby boy
By Jamie Thannoo
A day after arriving in hospital, Kaitlyn and her partner had a newborn baby in what's known as a cryptic pregnancy.
#PregnancyandChildbirth #Health #Babies #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #JamieThannoo