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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.

ABC News · Apr 14, 2022

SA records 4,140 new COVID-19 cases as government seeks more hospital beds

South Australia records 4,140 new cases of COVID-19 and three deaths linked to the virus, as the Health Minister looks to increase hospital capacity.

ABC News · Mar 28, 2022

SA department bosses' jobs in doubt after Labor election win, Steven Marshall neck and neck in Dunstan

The incoming health minister says the jobs of departmental chief executives will be up for discussion over coming days. It comes as the former premier trails in his eastern Adelaide seat, while two other former ministers' electorates are also in doubt.

ABC News · Mar 22, 2022