Hospitals and Healthcare

In a matter of days, Mick O'Dowd went from being a healthy, sport-loving father to a quadruple amputee. This is his extraordinary story and his warning to others how a simple sore throat or even a mosquito bite can turn deadly.

When Victoria Mapplebeck was diagnosed with breast cancer, she decided to record each step of her journey. Shot on an iPhone X, Mapplebeck filmed her time in waiting rooms, surgery and chemotherapy. The Waiting Room is an unflinching portrait of the blood, sweat and tears of cancer treatment

Margaret Radmore has spent her life watching people die. Now, she is facing her own mortality. She knows she doesn't want to endure the same pain. 

When patients, doctors and nurses have the opportunity to share their experiences of hospital intensive care, the resulting dialogue can be transformative.

My mantra used to be “Stage IV cancer! Could it get any worse?” Then it got worse.

When a fit cyclist broke his back and suffered a stroke after an accident, his wasn't the only life that would change forever. Now he has been reunited with the nurse who has spent five years fighting for answers.

With the figure of five years hanging over my head until I get a possible all-clear, should I blow my superannuation on shoes?