Emergency Care

According to data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, patients are waiting longer in public emergency departments to see a doctor. 

A paramedic refused to force entry into a patient's home, despite assurance from a carer that the man was inside and in need of assistance, an inquest hears.

The ramping crisis which first emerged in Adelaide 15 years ago is "not about people coming in with a cut finger" but a global issue requiring broader solutions than bigger hospitals, an inquest into the deaths of three people has heard. 

Newcastle teen Kade Sutton was put into an induced coma after suffering heart failure during a warm-up. Now he's back at the crease, with the support of some sporting heroes and his life-saving coach.

Doctors are battling to save 20-year-old Ranem Abu Izneid's eyesight, after she was injured this month.

Ranem Abu Izneid alleges she was struck by shrapnel when Israeli forces shot at the window of her student apartment in the West Bank.

Since the Queensland Children's Hospital opened a decade ago, doctors have had to extricate hundreds of items from little noses – more than 1,650 of them.

The woman needed hospital treatment after suffering a late-night haemorrhage on Magnetic Island earlier this month, but the region's rescue helicopter was unavailable.

Mylie Campbell says e-transport riders who speed and break other safety laws don't seem to realise the full extent of injuries that can come from even a minor crash.

A Victorian woman was left waiting three hours for an ambulance while suffering a potentially catastrophic brain bleed, amid the state's ongoing ambulance crisis.

Bodybuilder Giuliano Pirone died after spending 15 hours unconscious in a gym shower. His mother Daniela Pirone says she doesn't want his death to be in vain, calling for tighter regulations for the gym industry. 

Finding a parking sport at Canberra Hospital is an ongoing challenge for some regular visitors, and with a new emergency department opening last month patients are concerned the parking situation will worsen.

Sixty-four children have received precautionary X-rays after the remnants of a toy were found in a Sunshine Coast daycare's playground with button batteries nearby.

A Perth man dies in hospital two weeks after spending 15 hours unconscious in a gym shower before being found.

The state government has pledged to rebuild and refurbish mental health facilities, after the ABC confirmed 19 adult mental health inpatients ended their own lives in Queensland’s care since 2018.

A widely used test that determines whether women are in premature labour has been discontinued, and doctors say losing access could put further strain on emergency transport services in rural and remote areas.

The long-awaited redevelopment of the largest emergency department in Tasmania is $50 million over budget and has been scaled down, with management telling staff the new proposed plan "isn't fit for purpose".

Tasmania's largest private hospital reopens its emergency department full time — two years after shutting its doors on weekends due to staff shortages.

As Tasmania’s public hospitals struggle with staff shortages and often overcrowded emergency departments, Hobart’s Calvary Hospital could be offering some welcome relief.

Chronic levels of ramping — as bad as when borders reopened during the COVID years — have left more than 20 South Australians without an ambulance, a union says.