Tweaks designed to improve our system have resulted in out of control costs, increased suffering and injury to women and infants, and obstetricians now expecting to earn a million dollars a year, write Lesley Barclay, Sally Tracy and Sue Kildea.
Hospital crisis
NSW regional hospitals can’t even afford postage stamps
Murwillumbah hospital on the NSW far north coast is so cash-stretched that it can no longer afford to pay its running expenses, and it is not alone, writes Alex Mitchell.
QLD election promise hospital fails health check
The much vaunted Beattie Government election promise of a $1b plus Queensland Children’s Hospital “delivering exceptional health services” is proving a nightmare for the Bligh government, writes a Queensland doctor.
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