Hospitals and Healthcare

In a room with only curtains for walls, Ebonee's already tiny frame is dwarfed by the size of her hospital bed.Clutching a little toy dog in one hand and wearing a Taylor Swift friendship bracelet on her wrist, the 10-year-old is spending her days in hospital watching TV.But she's not watching...

WorkSafe Victoria has charged Monash Health for allegedly exposing a patient to health and safety risks while in its care

The trauma care of the Buffalo Bills player highlighted what is done to overcome cardiac arrest, a leading cause of death in the United States.

Small lithium or "button" batteries that power many of our consumer devices are being swallowed by children in increasing numbers, a new report found.

Some places have adopted statewide crisis standards of care, in which health systems can prioritize patients for scarce resources — based largely on their likelihood of survival — and even deny treatment.

Doctors support them, yet less than 15 per cent of Australians have one. How do advance care plans help your loved ones honour your dying wish?

Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) when caring for patients with Covid-19 isn't enough to completely eliminate the threat from the virus for frontline workers, according to a new study from King's College London.

Long-term care hospitals tend to the sickest of patients, often near the end of their lives. Many will never return home.

Publicly funded hospitals are using the cover of religion to opt out of providing reproductive care - and experts say it has created a ‘postcode lottery’ for access to services

Ascension, one of the country’s largest health systems, spent years cutting jobs, leaving it flat-footed when the pandemic hit.

Most hospitals have designated problem solvers on staff, but many people don’t know how to find them.

Most nurses spoke of having to contend with family members who assumed patients should rest as much as possible.

From their beds at Johns Hopkins Hospital, children can control where the robot goes in the D.C. museum.

'Catching a baby' or caring for new parents on Christmas Day is special, midwives say. But Christmas can also be a vulnerable time for many women, especially so during a pandemic.

Doctors say Australian hospitals are creating huge amounts of unnecessary waste and risking equipment shortages through single-use metalware.

For frequent hospital visits, a “go bag” with sleep helpers, organization tools, entertainment can help make you more comfortable.

As a doctor working in a remote area I am acutely aware of the health inequities, but the problems are the same in every postcode

What unfolded over the next few hours would stretch staff to their limits, and beyond.