Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #healthcarefacilities, aggregated by home.social.
He walked into hospital for back pain treatment. He was dead 21 hours later
By Rory Callinan
Leo Barraclough died in Caboolture hospital just 21 hours after he walked into emergency seeking back pain treatment.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-26/qld-caboolture-hospital-death-leo-barraclough/107256772
Calls for transparency as pressure builds on regional SA health system
By Josh Brine and Aiden McNamara
There are concerns a lack of data on hospital demand in SA is obscuring the strain the system is under.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-22/regional-sa-hospital-overcrowding-data-concerns/107287704
#HealthcareFacilities #HealthPolicy #RegionalCommunities #JoshBrine #AidenMcNamara
Review into why pregnant woman moved hospitals three times while in pain
By Matthew Ward Agius
A senior health official has apologised to a pregnant Adelaide woman who was moved between three hospitals while experiencing "stabbing pain" before she required emergency delivery of her baby and an operation to repair a twisted bowel.
#HealthcareFacilities #PregnancyandChildbirth #WomensHealth #HealthAdministration #MatthewWardAgius
https://www.europesays.com/iran/331681/ VA Lebanon receives funding for infrastructure improvements #Adams #berks #CentralPennsylvania #cumberland #dauphin #HealthCareFacilities #lancaster #Lebanon #LebanonCounty #Pennsylvania #PerryCounty #schuylkill #VALebanonHealthcareSystem #VeteransHealthAdministration #york
Clown doctors bring a smile to the sick, but not every joker can do it
By Iskhandar Razak
"OK, be gentle," Freddie says, as he leans in to see a patient that's asked to touch his big red nose.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-17/clown-doctors-australia-aged-care-hospitals/107264674
Family welcomes review into death of Adelaide woman left in hospital corridor
By Matthew Ward Agius
Hospital footage obtained by the family showed 64-year-old Helen Sargent being left unattended for more than an hour on a bed in a corridor at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in October 2025 before she died.
#HealthAdministration #HealthcareFacilities #PublicSector #StateandTerritoryGovernment #MatthewWardAgius
https://www.europesays.com/unitedstates/40662/ International humanitarian medical aid organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced on the 1.. #communities #HealthAuthorities #HealthcareFacilities #HumanitarianImpact #malaria #malnutrition
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
Ambulance ramping data casts doubt over LNP promise to reduce wait times
By Janelle Miles
The latest Queensland Health performance data shows statewide ambulance ramping is sitting at 42 per cent across Queensland's 26 top public hospital emergency departments.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-09/qld-health-ambulance-ramping-data-for-august/107248682
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
Mental health capacity restored in November after fire, government says
By Mackenzie Heard
Mental health services in Tasmania's north-west were severely impacted after part of a public hospital was damaged in a fire. The government says most of those services will be restored next month.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-08/mental-health-beds-back-in-november-tas-govt-says/107237104
#Fires #MentalHealth #HealthAdministration #Courts #HealthcareFacilities #MackenzieHeard
Rural hospital welcomes first student midwives in more than a decade
By Hannah Moon
A central Queensland community fought for years for the return of the local birthing service. The next challenge is attracting and retaining the people who will keep it running.
#Nurses #PregnancyandChildbirth #RegionalCommunities #WomensHealth #HealthcareFacilities #HannahMoon
New birthing suite lays dormant as hospital fails to find staff
By Lauren Pezet and Peter Sanders
Women are unable to give birth at a new birthing suite in northern New South Wales as the sector struggles with a nationwide shortage of GP obstetricians in regional areas.
#Health #WomensHealth #HealthcareFacilities #LaurenPezet #PeterSanders
Former patients report assaults inside locked mental health wards
By Eden Gillespie
Former patients allege they have witnessed or experienced physical assaults and sexual misconduct in locked mental health wards in Queensland, as calls grow for independent inspections of all facilities.
#MentalHealth #HealthcareFacilities #LawCrimeandJustice #HealthPolicy #Health #EdenGillespie
Nurse used 'unreasonable' force against aged care resident, tribunal rules
By Jordanna Schriever
A registered nurse who grabbed, pushed and dragged an aged care resident with dementia has been banned from practising for two years for using "completely unreasonable and unnecessary" force.
Eight-bed outback hospital costs $67m, three times original budget
By Jarrod Lucas and Nicholas R Ward
WA's Health Minister Meredith Hammat has defended the cost of a new eight-bed outback hospital, which has reached practical completion at a cost of more than $8 million per bed.
#HealthcareFacilities #HealthPolicy #RegionalCommunities #JarrodLucas #NicholasRWard
This public hospital has a 'dazzling' cancer technology and it's not where you think
By Lily Plass
A new cancer technology is now available to public hospital patients for the first time, but they must be in western NSW to access it.
#Cancer #Health #HealthcareFacilities #DiseasesandDisorders #MedicalResearch #LilyPlass
Hospital apologises over unapproved gloves for handling chemotherapy drugs
By Antonia O'Flaherty
Clinicians at Victoria's leading paediatric hospital have been using gloves that were not tested or approved for administering chemotherapy, despite the issue being raised a decade ago.
Parents struggling without birthing services at key hospital
By Rachel Hagan
Families in Carnarvon say five years without access to local birthing services and support has had a deeply traumatic impact on the community.
#PregnancyandChildbirth #WomensHealth #ParentalLeave #HealthcareFacilities #HealthPolicy #RachelHagan
State of healthcare facilities in Uganda
https://cparuganda.com/2015/02/20/cpar-constructs-and-equips-health-centres/?page_id=43 “Thank you CPAR, and others that step in to fill the gap. The collapse of that ceiling is a powerful indictment on the state of affairs, in this nation, Uganda,” Peter Tomusange wrote on 27th June 2020, in comment to the post on our website: “CPAR Uganda constructed & equipped health centers.” His comment came on the heals of the collapse of a ceiling of a maternity ward at Aromo Health Centre […]https://cparuganda.com/2026/09/30/state-of-healthcare-facilities-in-uganda/
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
Soccer player with broken leg endures 70km car trip between hospitals
By Caroline Horn
When Harry Jones got his foot caught in a soccer net and broke both bones in his lower leg, his family says he should have been taken directly to a metropolitan hospital. Instead, he spent hours at a regional hospital then endured a painful journey by private car.
#RegionalCommunities #EmergencyCare #HealthcareFacilities #CarolineHorn
SA hospital among growing list of measles exposures sites
By Rachael Merritt
Contact tracing is underway at a major SA hospital after a person with measles visited the emergency department.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-28/sa-measles-outbreak-list-of-exposure-sites-grows/107202626
#Measles #DiseaseOutbreak #HealthcareFacilities #PublicHealth #InfectiousDiseases #RachaelMerritt
'Like a zombie apocalypse': Adnaan waited 23 hours at Westmead Hospital
By Victoria Pengilley
Adnaan spent 23 hours on a hard chair at Sydney's Westmead Hospital before leaving without a bed. New figures show he is not alone.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-28/sydney-westmead-hospital-emergency-wait-times/107164844
#PublicHealth #HealthcareFacilities #Health #HealthPolicy #VictoriaPengilley
Facility where Presley Gerber died target of inquiry by California regulators | Entertainment https://www.byteseu.com/2398944/ #Americas #California #Entertainment #GovernmentRegulation #Healthcare #HealthcareFacilities #NorthAmerica #PoliticsAndGovernment #SantaMonica #SubstanceAbuseTreatmentFacilities #UnitedStates
'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
New beds at major children's hospital to go unused due to funding issue
By Antonia O'Flaherty
A $50 million expansion of the Royal Children's Hospital is nearing completion, but hospital sources say 20 new beds will not be operational because no additional funding has been provided for extra staff.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-22/royal-childrens-hospital-expansion-beds-go-unused/107178194
Calls grow for mental health service in Victorian town 'left out of the mix'
By Nethma Dandeniya
Since 2022, Stacey Kelly has regularly taken a five-hour round trip on public transport to access mental health treatment and services in Ballarat, yet the Wimmera region where she lives has some of the highest rates of mental health illness and suicide in Victoria.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-21/wimmera-residents-call-for-mental-health-facility/107137544
#MentalHealth #Health #Suicide #CommunityandSociety #Depression #HealthcareFacilities #NethmaDandeniya
Huge flu spike puts pressure on struggling regional health service
By Erin Somerville
Albury Wodonga Health tells doctors to send patients home early as it struggles to meet an "overwhelming" demand amid a major late-season flu spike.
#Influenza #PublicHealth #Viruses #HealthcareFacilities #HealthAdministration #RegionalCommunities #Health #ErinSomerville
https://www.europesays.com/people/232564/ Trump’s targeting of Haitian immigrants takes toll on US healthcare system #AdministrationOfficials #Congress #DeniseBellville #DonaldTrump #HealthcareFacilities #HealthcareSector #HealthcareWorkers #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #NancyHagans #POTUS #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #Rachelle #TemporaryProtectedStatus
Nursing graduates face 'trial by fire' during rural program, study finds
By Olivia Nunes-Malek
A new report from CQUniversity finds that newly graduated nurses completing their training programs at rural or remote health facilities are underprepared for the growing workloads they are expected to handle in emergency care.
#Nurses #Work #RuralandRemoteCommunities #HealthcareFacilities #OliviaNunesMalek
'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
Boy with scalp ripped open waited two days for medical flight to Perth
By Vanessa Mills
Rachel McKay says her eight-year-old son was left waiting with his skull exposed after an accident in the Kimberley, with no emergency flights available.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-09/kimberley-rfds-delay-boy-scalp-ripped-open/107130798
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #HealthcareFacilities #StateandTerritoryGovernment #VanessaMills
Live: Are you struggling to access basic health care? Have your say
By Annabel Bowles and Tessa Flemming
Whether you are battling high costs, long distances or stretching waitlists, many Australians have told us that accessing health care is becoming harder than ever.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/your-say-on-access-to-health-care/107110276
#Health #HealthPolicy #HealthcareFacilities #MentalHealth #WomensHealth #DentalCare #AgedCare #DisabilityAccess #AnnabelBowles #TessaFlemming