Hospitals are struggling, with ambulances ramping outside emergency departments and patients facing long waits for care. But doing more of the same won’t fix the problem.
Research shows that short spacing between childbirth and another pregnancy comes with heightened health risks.
Aleksandr Kirillov/EyeEm via Getty Images
Many people do not realize they are delivering at a Catholic hospital, and others may not have a choice. But where one receives care has a profound impact on the birth control options they’re offered.
It would be a wasted opportunity if our political leaders came back again in six months without a long-term plan about how to fund and improve the system.
A chaplain prays for a COVID-19 patient in Los Angeles while on a video call with the patient’s daughter in November 2020.
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Chaplaincy emerged as a professional field in the mid-20th century. In the years since, their roles have evolved and they have also come to include many diverse religious traditions.
Hospital design shifted in the 20th century as hospitals moved from being places for treating disease and injury to being centres of health systems.
(Shutterstock)
Chinese novelist Murong Xuecun infiltrated Wuhan in April 2020 to gather its citizens’ stories from the first days of coronavirus: from the doctor who first warned of a new disease, to a taxi driver.
Long lines of ambulances have hit the headlines in recent weeks. But ‘ramping’ isn’t a new problem for patients or paramedics. COVID means we must fix it now.
Family members often take on the burden of preparing and delivering meals to their relatives.
SoumenNath/E+ via Getty Images
Health researchers hope a new regulation requiring hospitals to post their prices will tame soaring health care costs, but compliance and standardization are hurdles.
Watch Lotti Tajouri explain how mobile phones are vectors for bacteria and viruses, why this is a problem in our hospitals, and how you can sanitise your phone to help stop the spread of disease.
Kate Geraghty/PR Handout/St Vincent's Hospital/AAP Photos
Around 70% of front-line health workers said they were exhausted in 2020. With COVID hospitalisations expected to rise in coming weeks, the pressure is about to get a whole lot worse.