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The Latest Breaking News from SA Pathology

Hospital death linked to lab's cancer diagnosis bungle

A "disastrous" laboratory error that led to an incorrect diagnosis of lung cancer was linked to the man's subsequent death from pneumonia, a coroner has found.

AAP · Nov 5, 2025

Dennis Jackson inquest hears call for review of SA Pathology's laboratories

A sample taken from the lung of a Broken Hill man could have been contaminated with the sample of another patient, an inquest into his death has heard.

ABC News · Feb 27, 2023

Overnight shift at SA Pathology lab scrapped over scientist fatigue concerns, inquest hears

The fourth day of an inquest into the death of a man misdiagnosed with lung cancer has heard his biopsy sample was mixed up during an overnight shift at an SA Pathology laboratory.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2023

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Surgeon 'horrified' he removed part of man's lung before misdiagnosis was discovered

An Adelaide cardiothoracic surgeon tells a coronial inquest he was horrified by the idea he had removed part of a man's lung after learning a biopsy sample had been cross-contaminated at the SA Pathology laboratory.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

Nurse jobs cut from SA Pathology, despite COVID role, with lower-skilled staff to take blood

A total of 30 SA Pathology nurses from metropolitan and regional sites will lose their jobs, and be redeployed elsewhere in the state's health system, under a major restructure plan for the organisation.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2023

Inquest begins into death of RAH patient who had part of lung unnecessarily removed

A coronial inquest has begun into the death of a Royal Adelaide Hospital patient who died months after he was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent surgery to remove part of his lung.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2023

Feeling unwell and not sure if it's COVID-19 or the flu? Here's how and where you can get a multi-virus test

Multi-virus testing is a thing but its availability varies across the county. If you're feeling unwell and want to know exactly what you have, how you go about getting the answer really depends on where you live.

ABC News · Jul 1, 2022

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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.

ABC News · Jun 17, 2022

Number of people in hospital with COVID jumps as South Australia records 4,595 new cases

South Australia records 4,595 new COVID cases with the number of patients in hospital jumping to 209 — including eight people in ICU.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2022

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