Travellers at Sydney Airport warned to watch out for measles

Travellers at Sydney Airport warned to watch out for measles

NSW Health said anyone transiting through Sydney’s international and domestic airports on January 17 should watch for measles symptoms for at least another 10 days.

  • byAngus Thomson

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NSW is in a cost-of-living crisis. Here’s what it is doing to our health
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NSW is in a cost-of-living crisis. Here’s what it is doing to our health

Joanne Cockle cancelled a specialist appointment because she couldn’t afford the $380 gap fee. Balancing her own needs with those of her two children is a constant stress.

  • byAngus Thomson
Judges,doctors warn of ‘unacceptable risk’ to public safety
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Judges,doctors warn of ‘unacceptable risk’ to public safety

Doctors are deeply concerned for their severely mentally ill patients and the public,as Sydney courts brace for the impact on the criminal justice system.

  • byKate Aubusson andAngus Thomson
This birthing unit couldn’t find staff. Now it’s being replaced with offices

This birthing unit couldn’t find staff. Now it’s being replaced with offices

The gutting of Wyong Hospital’s maternity unit will leave the Central Coast’s 350,000 people with only one remaining birthing unit.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘I would need to meet your mother’:Doctors refuse women’s requests for sterilisation

‘I would need to meet your mother’:Doctors refuse women’s requests for sterilisation

The detailed findings of a landmark Australian survey into gender bias in healthcare has delivered more sobering news about women’s experiences with the medical system.

  • byAisha Dow
Jan could finally see clearly after more than a year. Then a bird gouged her eye
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Jan could finally see clearly after more than a year. Then a bird gouged her eye

Jan Wright was having coffee with friends at a Frankston cafe when she was attacked by a bird. Her case is one of a rising number.

  • byHenrietta Cook
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Psychiatrist walkout is not about money,it’s about saving lives

Psychiatrist walkout is not about money,it’s about saving lives

The NSW public mental health system is so under-resourced that clinicians cannot provide the standard of care they are trained to give.

  • byPramudie Gunaratne
The Sydney suburbs missing out on free GP visits

The Sydney suburbs missing out on free GP visits

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park said the collapse of bulk-billing was putting pressure on the state’s hospitals and urged the federal government to prioritise Medicare reform.

  • byAngus Thomson
Labor,Libs in tug-of-war over $1.8bn hospital plan as election looms

Labor,Libs in tug-of-war over $1.8bn hospital plan as election looms

The parties have come to blows over the contentious women’s and babies hospital after the Liberal leader wrote to construction giant Webuild vowing to tear up a deal.

  • byJesinta Burton
The hospital where you can have an emergency only during business hours

The hospital where you can have an emergency only during business hours

Patients used to turn up in the back of a ute,needing urgent help for a snakebite or farm injury. Now they can only do so between 8am and 5.30pm.

  • byCatherine Naylor
This virus is surging in China. In NSW,it’s already passed

This virus is surging in China. In NSW,it’s already passed

Cases of human metapneumovirus have declined in NSW,while health authorities continue to monitor elevated COVID infections over the festive period.

  • byAngus Thomson