Backlog of thousands of MRI scans threatens missed diagnoses
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Hospitals

Backlog of thousands of MRI scans threatens missed diagnoses

Up to 3000 MRI scans at Westmead Hospital are waiting up to two months to be processed,putting patients at risk of diagnosis and treatment delays.

  • byKate Aubusson

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Customers don’t enjoy being taken for mugs

Customers don’t enjoy being taken for mugs

Consumers don’t like to be exploited,treated like fools,taken for a ride or hit when they’re down.

More Australians die while waiting for an organ donor
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More Australians die while waiting for an organ donor

More than 50 Australians died while waiting for an organ transplant last year – and the number of registered donors is declining.

  • byMary Ward
Man dies in hospital after Sydney stabbing

Man dies in hospital after Sydney stabbing

Police responded to reports of an assault minutes before the man showed up at hospital with stab wounds to his stomach on Saturday afternoon.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Two Westmead security guards stabbed amid spike in hospital assaults

Two Westmead security guards stabbed amid spike in hospital assaults

Police were called to Westmead Hospital about 11.30pm last night following reports that a 39-year-old man allegedly stabbed two security guards.

  • byNigel Gladstone
The man who shut down a Sydney emergency department
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The man who shut down a Sydney emergency department

Robert Steven Turner has faced court after allegedly sending death threats to nurses,leading to his dramatic arrest at Westmead Hospital.

  • byAngus Thomson
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Teenage Swiftie who died in crash remembered as ‘vivacious and very cheeky’

Teenage Swiftie who died in crash remembered as ‘vivacious and very cheeky’

The godmother of a teen who died in a road accident while travelling to Melbourne to see Taylor Swift in concert has remembered her as a beautiful person.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andAlex Crowe
Foundation surgeon at Westmead Hospital brought global recognition

Foundation surgeon at Westmead Hospital brought global recognition

Professor Miles Little was a visionary who changed the landscape of medicine and medical ethics through the force of his ideas.

  • byIan Kerridge andWendy Lipworth
Cattle crushes and raging bulls:Inside the NSW air ambulance service
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Cattle crushes and raging bulls:Inside the NSW air ambulance service

For the first time,the Herald has been allowed into the inner sanctum of one of the state’s most specialised medical services,the Toll ambulance rescue helicopter.

  • byKate Geraghty andAngus Thomson
Family’s plea for Charlie Teo to spend a day caring for the girl who has been ‘living death’ for 15 years

Family’s plea for Charlie Teo to spend a day caring for the girl who has been ‘living death’ for 15 years

The neurosurgeon assured Ellie’s family that if she was his daughter,he would definitely agree to her having an operation to remove a brain tumour. Fifteen years later,the once bubbly and funny school captain can’t walk,talk or feed herself,and is blind.

  • byKate McClymont
Gender care and research to be reviewed across NSW after Westmead revelations

Gender care and research to be reviewed across NSW after Westmead revelations

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park has apologised for the death of a 14-year-old transgender boy and committed to a review of gender care and research across the state.

  • byAngus Thomson andLaura Banks