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Review announced into management at Launceston hospital in wake of damning commission of inquiry evidence

There will be "significant changes to leadership roles" at a Tasmanian hospital following a week of harrowing victim accounts at a child sexual abuse inquiry, the government announces.

ABC News · Jul 3, 2022

'No inquiry' about Tas nurse child abuser

A former chief executive of a hospital in Tasmania says he didn't make any inquiries after learning a pedophile nurse had worked under his leadership.

AAP · Jun 30, 2022

Launceston General Hospital executive heard details about paedophile James Griffin from a podcast

A senior executive at the Launceston General Hospital has told a child abuse inquiry that she got most of her information about an investigation into paedophile nurse James Geoffrey Griffin from two podcasts.

ABC News · Jun 30, 2022

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Launceston General Hospital staff kept in the dark about paedophile co-worker James Geoffrey Griffin

The hospital supervisor of a notorious paedophile who worked in a children's ward has tearfully told an inquiry she was aware of him hugging young patients — but that it was "accepted by all staff" and in her opinion at the time something which could be addressed by "education".

ABC News · Jun 29, 2022

Woman abused by LGH paedophile James Griffin flagged risk to children, inquiry hears

In 2011, Kylee Pearn told the Launceston General Hospital that there was a child abuser working in the children's ward — she knew because he'd abused her years earlier. The paedophile, James Geoffrey Griffin, would continue working there for another eight years.

ABC News · Jun 28, 2022

Sexual abuse survivor says Launceston General Hospital conducted inquiry without his input

A witness tells a child abuse inquiry the Launceston General Hospital did not tell him the outcome of the investigation into his complaint, while a former chief executive apologises to the family of a young girl who alleged she was raped by a doctor.

ABC News · Jun 27, 2022

Commission of Inquiry hears little done to stop paedophile James Geoffrey Griffin despite report of child abuse material on laptop

A person who bought a laptop from now-notorious paedophile James Geoffrey Griffin decades ago alerted police of links to child exploitation websites and followed up after not hearing back, but nothing was done.

ABC News · Jun 27, 2022

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'Lack of action' over Tas pedophile nurse

A Tasmanian inquiry has been told an alleged pedophile nurse was reported to police and breached patient boundaries across decades before being charged.

AAP · Jun 26, 2022

Anger over cigarette smoke entering Launceston General Hospital maternity ward

Corrie Summers was with her baby and recovering after an emergency caesarean when cigarette smoke blew into the maternity ward from a nearby park. The hospital says the park is on council land and the Mayor says smoking is legal there — but an expert warns mums could sue if…

ABC News · Jun 7, 2022

New mental health patients in Tasmania's north to be sent to Hobart amid COVID outbreaks

Two mental health treatment centres in Tasmania's north have closed due to COVID outbreaks — with a health union blasting what it says is a "lack of planning" and a parent fearing for those desperate for help.

ABC News · Jun 6, 2022

Sports clubs urged to install defibrillators after young Burnie Dockers footballer's on-field cardiac arrest

As a young football player recovers from going into cardiac arrest on the field, sports clubs are urged to ensure they have access to life-saving defibrillators.

ABC News · May 26, 2022

Tasmanian hospital hit by virus outbreak

A ward at the Launceston General Hospital has been hit by a coronavirus outbreak, with the facility also facing a high level of emergency department demand.

AAP · May 24, 2022

Burnie Dockers football player suffers heart attack after on-field brawl in Tasmania's north-west

Tasmania police are investigating an on-field fight that led to a player suffering a heart attack during a football game in Tasmania's north-west.

ABC News · May 23, 2022

Tasmanian coroner finds birth of breech baby mismanaged by Launceston General Hospital before death

Tasmania's coroner blames mismanagement of a baby's birth at the Launceston General Hospital for his death from brain damage two weeks later.

ABC News · May 4, 2022

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AAP · May 4, 2022

Tas baby boy died after 'mismanaged' birth

The death of a two-week-old baby boy in Tasmania was the result of a severe brain injury that occurred during a "mismanaged" birth, a coroner has ruled.

ABC News · May 3, 2022

Mother tells Tasmania's child abuse commission of inquiry of feeling ignored, belittled by Launceston hospital staff

A mother increasingly frantic over what was happening to her daughter at a Tasmanian hospital says she called a child safety service because she did not know who else to turn to.

ABC News · May 2, 2022

Mother tells Tasmania's commission of inquiry about how paedophile nurse James Griffin gained family's trust

A Tasmanian mother speaks of her anguish at reading in a newspaper about allegations against now notorious paedophile nurse James Griffin, years after her daughter's death.

AAP · Apr 19, 2022

Tas managing hospital COVID-19 outbreak

Four patients at the Launceston General Hospital have tested positive to COVID-19, with the ward now closed to visitors and admissions.

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ABC News · Mar 17, 2022

Coroner criticises Launceston General Hospital over patient care, again

A coroner criticises the actions of staff at the Launceston General Hospital after a patient died just hours after being discharged — the latest in a series of damning findings, with the AMA warning the emergency department is "in crisis".

ABC News · Feb 7, 2022

Coroner finds 77yo received 'unacceptable care' at Launceston General Hospital

A coroner finds hospital staff "missed an opportunity" to correctly diagnose a Tasmanian woman's illness, resulting in her being discharged and later dying — but makes no recommendations in his coronial report.

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