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Mount Gambier woman spends night in Royal Flying Doctor Service hangar waiting for ambulance to transfer her to Flinders Medical Centre

The woman was flown from Mount Gambier to Adelaide for urgent treatment after having a heart attack. But she waited on a stretcher in the Royal Flying Doctor Service hangar for 11 hours for an ambulance to transfer her to hospital, her friend says.

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SA euthanasia advocates desperate for imminent rollout, fears for mental health while waiting

A terminally ill South Australian has implored the state's Health Minister to bring forward the rollout date for euthanasia laws due to the "agonising" wait for terminally il patients and their families.

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Pleas for South Australian euthanasia laws to be brought forward as campaigner dies of oesophageal cancer

Beth Mylius's dying wish was to see voluntary euthanasia laws in South Australia come into effect, so as not to suffer a painful death. Her wish never came true.

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SA ambulance ramping at record levels

The number of hours ambulances spend waiting outside the state's hospitals reached a new high in June.

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Ambulance ramping hits record high, as SA government expands respiratory clinics to reduce pressure on hospitals and GPs

Ambulances spent 3,838 hours ramped outside South Australian hospitals last month — a new record for the state. The government says it's working on all possible avenues to increase capacity and reduce pressure on emergency departments including the expansion of respiratory clinics.

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SA to expand respiratory clinics

South Australia will expand the operations of respiratory clinics across Adelaide as COVID-19 and influenza cases rise.

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South Australia pushes federal government to reduce restrictions on COVID-19 antivirals

The South Australian government is calling on the federal government to ease eligibility rules for antiviral medication for COVID-19. Antivirals cost private buyers between $500 to $1,000 per course of medication.

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Ministers to tackle hospital challenges

A meeting of state, federal and territory health ministers will look at the challenges facing the nation's under-pressure public hospitals.

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South Australia's major COVID vaccination hubs at Wayville and Playford are set to close

Two of South Australia's mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics are set to close their doors as demand falls for shots.

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Serious concerns raised at Flinders Medical Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital ahead of expected COVID wave

Alarming reports from the emergency rooms of South Australian hospitals show the health system is failing, amid a looming COVID-19 wave.

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Victoria Park drive-through COVID testing site will shut as more people access multi-virus tests

South Australia's largest COVID drive-through site will make way for the Adelaide 500 as more vulnerable people will be able to test for different viruses at once.

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Child dies with COVID as South Australia grapples with surge in influenza cases

A child under the age of three is one of six COVID-related deaths reported in SA today, as the state also grapples with a sharp surge in influenza cases.

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SA ambulance statistics reveal ramping delays have reached record high

South Australia records its worst ambulance ramping delays to date with more than 3,000 hours lost to it last month as the state government announces its strategy to get the state through winter.

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SA opposition concerned by hospital project delays, nurses union warns budget does not go far enough

SA's opposition raises its concern over the future of the new Women's and Children's Hospital project, with budget papers revealing the timeline for its completion has been pushed back by at least a year.

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Call for SA children to get vaccinated for flu as well as COVID-19 as primary school vaccination hubs open

A COVID-19 vaccination blitz begins in South Australia's schools as authorities urge parents to also get their children vaccinated for influenza.

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South Australian Opposition Leader 'dog whistling' to anti-vaxxers over 'dictatorship' gibe

A war of words intensifies between the South Australian government and the opposition over ongoing COVID-19 policing, with Health Minister Chris Picton hitting out at Liberal leader David Speirs's "Dark-Age dictatorship" analogy.

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Government strikes deal with Greens and SA Best to end COVID-19 emergency declaration

A deal has been struck to pass law changes through the state parliament's upper house that will modify how COVID will be managed in South Australia.

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Long COVID clinics established to manage chronic symptoms weeks after infection

Described as a pandemic within a pandemic, long COVID is presenting challenges to the nation's health system. Authorities in SA are now putting their plans for a rise in cases into action.

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South Australia decriminalised abortion more than a year ago, but nothing has changed

While abortion rights in the United States have made international headlines in recent weeks, local advocates are frustrated about the lack of action on new abortion laws in South Australia.

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SA launches advertising blitz to encourage COVID-19 vaccination as state records five deaths

The South Australian government is launching a $2 million advertising campaign to encourage people to receive a third COVID vaccine, as authorities report another five people with COVID have died.

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State governments, doctors pressure major parties for election commitment to permanent increase on hospital funding

States are ramping up the pressure on the major parties to pledge billions extra in public hospital funding to ensure patients across the country get the care they need.

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'Unprecedented' code white for three days as Mount Gambier hospital battles staffing shortages

South Australia's Health Minister blames COVID-19 staffing shortages for no emergency department beds being available in the state's second-largest city.

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South Australia records two COVID-linked deaths and 3,070 cases, but hospital number falls

South Australia records another 3,070 infections — but the number of people with COVID-19 in hospital drops to 221, and is expected to fall further in coming weeks.

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Vickie Chapman's decision to quit SA parliament triggers further turmoil, as earlier by-election looms

Former SA deputy premier Vickie Chapman hits back at a move to force her to quit politics sooner than she expected, saying she has "not resigned" but only "given notice" of her intention to do so.

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Southern hospitals expansion plan to fix ramping only made it worse, report finds

An $86 million program to end ramping and overcrowding at Adelaide's southern suburbs hospitals was "poorly conceived and implemented", with the situation getting worse in recent months, a new independent report finds.

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