The patient underwent corrective surgery on Friday and was able to return home with his family. But he will need a third surgery in coming days.
A cancer patient has had the wrong side of his bowel removed at Northern Beaches Hospital after a private-contracted laboratory botched his pathology results.
Sydney’s public-private Northern Beaches Hospital (NBH) has appointed a suite of new executives days after the sudden departure of its chief nurse.
The trouble-plagued Northern Beaches Hospital will be scrutinised by a NSW parliamentary committee.
Private hospital operator Healthscope has downgraded its earnings guidance for fiscal 2019 as an independent expert found Canadian investment group Brookfield's $4.4 billion takeover offer for the group was"fair and reasonable".
It's the latest in a litany of problems for the troubled 488-bed hospital which opened at Frenchs Forest last November.
When the latest NSW emergency department wait times were released,there was a notable omission:Northern Beaches Hospital.
A new group on the Northern Beaches wants to break the taboo about talking about mental health and suicide.
Listed as a priority growth area,the north-west’s population is expected to soar to 250,000 over the next 10 years.
It is the latest in a string of resignations within the first few weeks of the opening of the $600 million hospital.
A doctor is facing defamation action amid the departure of the Northern Beaches Hospital’s medical director and sustained reports of systemic problems at the public-private facility.