Adelaide Health News

State Coroner Mark Johns is investigating the death of 81-year-old Vera Allan who died the day after a failed aortic replacement, and the involvement of an interstate suregon in the surgery. The inquest has heard the doctor suspected of wearing...

Staff in an unnamed Adelaide hospital have named new bed categories including "Against the Wall" and "Gold Class", which is the space in front of a waiting room television. Cardiologist Dr Bill Heddle is a past president of the Australian...

The State Government introduced a comprehensive infant screening program between 2002 and 2006 to identify those with hearing problems before they developed language problems, but community carers say so many have been diagnosed the system can't cope.

Central Northern Adelaide Health Service over workload issues. Tell us what it's like. "The situation has now got so bad that nurses have told us that they have cried during and at the end of their shifts," she said. "They...

Some patients are even discharging themselves on busy nights as they are waiting too long to be treated, a Sunday Mail investigation has found. A new Government taskforce will meet for the first time this week in a bid to...

Police, ambulance and fire crews rushed to the Cockshell St house after a chemical explosion about 6.20pm. The fire has been extinguished and damage to the house is not significant. A male at the premises at the time has been...

The meeting was chaired by South Australian Health Minister, John Hill. Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy endorsed Health Ministers today endorsed the Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy 2010-2015 . The Strategy recognises the biological, health, social, cultural, environmental...

The Productivity Commission is comparing the outcomes of private and public hospitals. It released a "discussion draft" last month and will publish a full report in December.   In a submission to the study, SA Health outlines data shortcomings, inconsistencies...