Mother calls for expanded investigation of Bacchus Marsh Hospital
Sometimes babies do not want to leave their mother's wombs. William Soutter was one of those. In 2009, Rebecca Soutter was two weeks over due with William when a doctor at Bacchus Marsh hospital...
View ArticleCoroner says bungled care at Bacchus Marsh Hospital may have led to...
Bungled medical treatment at a rural Victorian hospital may have led to the deaths of three newborns, the state coroner has found. The children's care was mishandled in near-identical ways at the...
View ArticleBacchus Marsh baby scandal: Women who lost babies likely to receive payouts,...
Women who lost babies in avoidable circumstances at Bacchus Marsh hospital are likely to be compensated by the state, a top medical negligence lawyer says. In what could turn into a multimillion-dollar...
View ArticlePeter Dutton may appeal against ruling that he risked safety of pregnant...
Immigration minister, who had the woman flown to PNG for an abortion after she was raped on Nauru, also confirms Somali asylum seeker Abyan has given birth...
View ArticleBoozing up overseas: workplace laws still apply
Boozing on after a work function and acting "inappropriately" towards another colleague on an overseas trip doesn't mean Australian workplace laws and companies' codes of conduct don't apply, a top...
View ArticleLaw firm boss allegedly 'bombarded' employee with lewd photos and texts
Maurice Blackburn is taking its client’s complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission, alleging predatory and unlawful behaviour...
View ArticleBacchus Marsh Hospital's insurer settles with families
The families of three babies who died at Bacchus Marsh Hospital have accepted compensation from the Victorian government's insurer. But Maurice Blackburn, the law firm representing the families...
View ArticleMore victims of Bacchus Marsh hospital breakdown come forward as...
More bereaved families who had dealings with a regional Victorian hospital linked to a spate of infant deaths have come forward, as authorities widen the scope of their investigation into the matter....
View ArticleSenior nurse settles dispute with Eastern Health over Box Hill Hospital
A senior nurse who clashed with doctors over feeding formula to premature babies in a Melbourne special-care nursery has settled a legal dispute with the hospital. Last year, Melissah Burnett, the...
View ArticleDemand for apology: Asian customers angry at Woolworths for blocking baby...
Three furious customers are demanding an apology from Woolworths for cancelling their online baby formula orders and suspending their accounts, accusing the supermarket giant of racial profiling. Amid...
View Article15% babies cannot suck breast milk, say doctors
CHENNAI: As soon as her son was born, hospital nurses fussed over Suganthy Sami to help her breastfeed the new born but when they discovered he had trouble suckling, they rushed the baby to the nursery...
View ArticleAdem Somyurek resigns as Small Business Minister after bullying investigation
Small Business Minister Adem Somyurek has been forced by Premier Daniel Andrews to resign from the ministry, following bullying allegations made by his former chief of staff, Dimity Paul. Ms Paul told...
View ArticleMother's Milk May Help Prevent Blindness In Preemies
12:03 PM ET Tara Haelle i Babies born prematurely are at risk of eye damage and, in severe cases, permanent blindness. Treatments can help. And human milk looks like it helps, too. iStockphoto hide...
View Article“Do You See How Much I’m Suffering Here?”
Summary Do you see how much I’m suffering here? Do you think anyone deserves to be punished like this? … Sometimes I get anxious. … I thought about killing myself once, but then I regretted it and told...
View ArticleA week in my lactation clinic: ‘Breastfeeding is hard but it gets much easier...
I’ve been working as a lactation consultant since 2007. I started off as a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor with Ciudiú in 1993 and decided that I would take the step to become an international board...
View ArticleSaving Babies' Lives by Carrying Them Like Kangaroos
Carmela Torres was 18 when she became pregnant for the first time. It was 1987 and she and her now-husband, Pablo Hernandez, were two idealistic young Colombians born in the coastal region of Montería...
View ArticleMilk banks come to the rescue of babies
HYDERABAD: The city's most vulnerable newborns are sipping their way to better health thanks to new-age milk banks that are springing up here. Strange as it may sound but 40 new mothers are donating...
View ArticleTough choice: feed your baby breast milk or make your own formula?
The Organic Growers Association (OAC) is suing Honest Products for advertising its Premium Organic Infant Formula, which contains ingredients not on the USDA list of organic ingredients. The OAC is...
View ArticleLawyers, academics condemn La Trobe University's suspension of Safe Schools...
Lawyers say La Trobe University may have broken the law by suspending Roz Ward, the co-founder of anti-bullying program the Safe Schools Coalition, over a Facebook comment that called the Australian...
View ArticleA Blank Check
Summary Because of the state of emergency, nobody will care if I kill you. I will just say I shot you while you tried to run away. -Police officer to a detainee, overheard by family members of another...
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