The latest data also revealed the record numbers of patients ambulances and emergency departments have been tasked with this year.
The revelation that he was one of only 10 per cent of people to survive a sudden cardiac arrest set Greg Page on a mission to improve the situation for the other 90 per cent.
A man in his 30s is in Westmead Hospital in a critical condition after being stabbed outside a strip of shops in Merrylands on Sunday.
Bankstown Police Commander Superintendent Adam Johnson said police were on the hunt for five more boys involved in the brawl.
Douglas “Mootijah” Shillingsworth died of an ear infection that may have been prevented by a check-up available on Medicare,which is not available to NSW inmates.
The likelihood of a mass nurses strike on February 15 has edged closer after a ballot by the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association has resulted in thousands of nurses and midwives endorsing industrial action.
In an internal video to staff,Royal Prince Alfred Hospital executive clinical director Professor Paul Torzillo has called out the decisions being made by state and federal governments.
This has placed further pressure on the hospital system that has seen coronavirus patient admissions almost triple within a fortnight.
Teenagers presented to NSW hospitals almost 11,000 times for self-harm and suicidal ideation in the past 10 months.
The Premier has stressed the plan for hospitals to survive the coming months depended on the system being “technically overwhelmed in some ways”.
A plan was announced for gyms,hospitality venues and hairdressers to reopen to the fully vaccinated by the end of October.