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Young Women's and Children's Hospital cochlear implant bungle victim describes years of struggle

Jun Ting Song — who has just turned nine years old — is one of 30 identified children whose cochlear implant was not programmed properly at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital.

ABC News · Mar 21, 2023

Greens seek to legislate ambulance response times

The Greens in South Australia will seek to legislate ambulance response times in a bid to help drive improvements in the system and increase transparency.

AAP · Mar 21, 2023

Review into cochlear implant issues for SA kids

An independent review has been ordered into the incorrect programming of cochlear ear implants for as many as 30 children in South Australia.An independent review has been ordered into the incorrect programming of cochlear ear implants for as many as 30 children in South Australia which left

The New Daily · Mar 20, 2023

Birthing services return to Kangaroo Island after hiatus due to staff shortages

A new service model means new mothers will no longer have to leave Kangaroo Island to give birth.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2023

Linen shortage hits South Australian hospitals as report shows ambulance waiting times worst nationally

The union for healthcare and laundry workers says a linen shortage is leading to hospital beds being unable to be used in South Australia, just as a Productivity Commission report says the state has the worst ambulance waiting times nationally.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2023

COVID-19 cases fall in South Australia but ramping up slightly in December

The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in South Australia falls by a third in a week, but the hours patients are waiting in ambulances outside hospitals increases again.

ABC News · Jan 6, 2023

Doctors train for assisted dying regime

The South Australian government says 42 doctors have signed up for training to take part in the state's new voluntary assisted dying regime.

AAP · Jan 4, 2023

Adelaide mum had to 'beg for help on Facebook' after daughter was discharged from Flinders

An Adelaide mother who says her daughter should never have been discharged from hospital after falling from a wheelchair and breaking her femur has urged for greater flexibility for patients with complex needs.

ABC News · Jan 3, 2023

COVID wave shows no sign of abating in SA, stats reveal ambulance ramping again on the rise

Predictions of an end to South Australia's current COVID wave appear dashed, with the state recording another jump in cases and deaths at the same times as ambulance figures show an increase in ramping across the hospital system.

ABC News · Dec 9, 2022

JEV vaccine eligibility expanded in Riverland but concerns surprise power outages may spoil jabs

Thousands more people will be eligible for a vaccination against the Japanese encephalitis virus as the River Murray continues to rise in South Australia, but a pharmacist warns that power outages may spoil the vaccines.

ABC News · Dec 7, 2022