The Latest Breaking News from Women and Children Hospital

Top doctor dies after violent home invasion

A highly respected doctor has died after a violent home invasion, as police search for multiple suspects after more reported break-ins in the area.

AAP · Dec 12, 2023

Interest, cost blowouts threaten SA budget surplus

High inflation, rising interest rates and cost overruns may wipe out the South Australian government's projected budget surplus, the auditor-general has found.

AAP · Nov 14, 2023

SA Premier confronted by protesters opposed to urban development on Adelaide parklands

Protesters opposed to a proposed relocation of SA Police's Mounted Operations Unit take their concerns directly to Peter Malinauskas, heckling him as he arrived at a public function.

ABC News · Apr 1, 2023

SA Government seeks urgent plan after Women's and Children's PICU loses major training accreditation

The Women's and Children's Hospital has lost a major teaching accreditation, after an inspection found staff were overworked, and the facilities don't meet current standards.

ABC News · Nov 30, 2022

South Australia's upper house passes bill to fast-track Thebarton Barracks demolition for new Women's and Children's Hospital

Laws to speed up the new Women's and Children's Hospital build on the site of the Thebarton Police Barracks have passed state parliament's upper house unamended, despite calls for an inquiry into the legislation.

ABC News · Nov 1, 2022

How plans for a multi-billion-dollar city hospital have made a historical site expendable

In Adelaide, a dispute has erupted over the state government's plans to bulldoze a historic site to build a new city hospital. It's raised the question: Are some heritage sites more important than others?

ABC News · Oct 11, 2022

Australians raise life-saving funds for Adelaide child's rare cancer treatment in Barcelona

Sophie Stephenson has celebrated her fifth birthday, 18 months after the public helped raise funds for life-saving cancer treatment.

ABC News · Sep 30, 2022

New site named for SA hospital

The South Australian government has picked a new site to build Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital at a cost of $3.2 billion.

AAP · Sep 27, 2022

New SA Women's and Children's Hospital to be built at heritage-listed Thebarton site

The new Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH) will be built at the Thebarton Police Barracks site on Port Road, as the South Australian state government seeks to "futureproof" Adelaide's medical precinct.

ABC News · Sep 27, 2022

Supreme Court overturns miner's authorisation to drill at Lake Torrens

Argonaut Resources says the decision could have far-reaching implications. The Aboriginal corporation that brought the action couldn't agree more and says it will start working to challenge the decision to build a nuclear waste facility at Kimba.

ABC News · Aug 26, 2022