The Latest Breaking News from Albury Wodonga Health

Man's 'shock' death stirs call for mental health review

A man's deteriorated mental health is at the heart of a coroner's findings, exploring issues in the health services offered to him at the time of his death.

AAP · May 16, 2024

‘Straight out of Utopia’: healthcare workers denounce $558m expansion of Albury base hospital

NSW and Victoria government documents show support for push by doctors to combine the Albury and Wodonga hospitals into one new facility – but that’s not what was announced

The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2023

Albury Wodonga Health calls internal emergency as wait times escalate

Surgery has been rescheduled, patients transferred, and staff deferred as Albury Wodonga Health struggles to keep up with huge demand ahead of the winter's peak cold and flu season.

ABC News · Apr 27, 2023

Fears surgeon in Albury-Wodonga region carried out nearly 2,000 'incomplete' colonoscopies

Nearly 2,000 patients are being contacted by Victorian health authorities, who fear the surgeon who carried out their colonoscopies may not have done the job properly.

ABC News · Jan 12, 2023

Problems remain on border hospital revamp

Doctors have welcomed a redevelopment of a border community hospital, but say it could create even more problems for service delivery across the Murray.

AAP · Oct 28, 2022

Sussan Ley suggests NSW build its own hospital as Albury-Wodonga master plan FOI request denied

The Deputy Opposition Leader says NSW should consider building its own hospital on the border after a fruitless attempt to get an update on Victoria's plans for the long-awaited redevelopment.

ABC News · Jun 17, 2022

Labor promises to establish 50 urgent care clinics around nation if elected

Labor promises to create 50 urgent care clinics across regional Australia if elected, but doctors on the NSW-Victorian border say what Albury and Wodonga need is a new hospital.

ABC News · May 17, 2022

Albury Wodonga Hospital not funded in Vic Budget

Hopes of bringing to life a new hospital along the New South Wales - Victoria border have been shattered after the project missed out on funding in the state budget.

ABC News · May 3, 2022

NSW, Victoria border healthcare issues leave carer desperate for help

Lynette Cullinan says her husband's horror experience with the border health system will not be addressed by the NSW government's new plan to fix the state's rural health crisis.

ABC News · Apr 30, 2022

Winter warning as regional Victorian hospitals declare 'Code Yellow' emergencies

Regional Victorian hospitals are short of beds each day and declaring internal emergencies due to a huge surge in patients, and staff warn it will only worsen when winter arrives.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2022