There is No Breastfeeding “War” Between Women: Formula Food and the Lobby to...
Formula Food and the Lobby to Disempower Women Social media is sometimes the space from where I draw ideas for my writing–especially conversations that transpire that tend towards the controversial....
View ArticleThe Liquid Gold that Saves Babies
They call it 'liquid gold,' and any mother who even occasionally pumps and stores her breast milk will tell you the nickname is apt-it's a lot of work. And it's why the hundreds of moms who have...
View ArticleUnder siege Bacchus Marsh hospital board gone to ground on baby deaths
The executive board of Djerriwarrh Health Services, which faces being sacked over seven avoidable baby deaths at the under siege Bacchus Marsh Hospital, is yet to plead its case to the state...
View ArticleLawyers gain access to 'dangerous' Christmas Island compound after judge...
Asylum seekers and facilities at Christmas Island Detention Centre in 2013. Photo: Getty Images Lawyers have won an emergency court order allowing them to access a Christmas Island compound that is...
View ArticleGovernment has until Sunday to arrange refugee's abortion
The Australian government will not challenge a Federal Court ruling that it has a duty of care to provide a safe and legal abortion for an African refugee raped on Nauru. The ruling could become a...
View ArticleHospital CEO's injunction application set for January
An application by a former acting CEO of Tallaght hospital for a High Court injunction to stop the reopening of an investigation into historic complaints against him will be heard in January. John...
View ArticleAuthorities: $1B Medicare fraud nursing home scam, 3 charged
Three people have been charged in an unprecedented $1 billion health care fraud scam, accused of using dozens of Miami nursing homes to bilk the taxpayer-funded Medicare and Medicaid programs,...
View ArticleWatsonville Nursing Home Owners, Operators, and Manager Agree to Pay $3.8...
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - San Francisco Field Office) SAN FRANCISCO-The owners, operators, and manager of two nursing homes in Watsonville, Calif., have agreed to pay $3.8 million to...
View ArticleBoard sacked over baby deaths at Bacchus Marsh hospital
The entire board has been sacked at the Bacchus Marsh hospital where seven avoidable baby deaths in two years have been identified. The eight board members of the Djerriwarrh Health Services were given...
View ArticleRevamp For Latrobe Hospital Special Care Nursery And Maternity Ward
More of Gippsland's sickest babies will get the specialist care they need closer to home thanks to an Andrews Labor Government funding boost to expand the special care nursery at Latrobe Regional...
View ArticleNauru: asylum seekers needing medical care to be flown to PNG, not Australia
An internal document obtained by Guardian Australia says detainees who are referred for further treatment will be sent to a hospital in Papua New Guinea...
View ArticleCanberra Hospital to review security after woman reports seeing baby dropped...
An ACT Health spokeswoman said Canberra Hospital has reviewed security in the playground and decided a duress button should be installed. Photo: Jeffrey Chan Canberra Hospital will review security at a...
View ArticleFederal Court Orders Barstow CA Hospital to Bargain in Good Faith, Stop...
(Source: National Nurses United) National Nurses United Press Release, 9/2/16 Contact Information | Media Center A U.S. District Judge in Los Angeles Monday issued a federal injunction against Barstow...
View ArticleShaken twin's death could have been prevented, coroner rules
The death of a two-month-old girl and the permanent disability of her twin sister would never have happened if nurses had picked up on unexplained bruising on both babies, a coroner has ruled. The...
View ArticleSurgeon accused of bullying 'no longer works for Monash Health'
A senior neurosurgeon accused of intimidating junior staff and throwing surgical instruments while working at Melbourne's largest public hospital network has cut ties with her employer. Three weeks...
View ArticleStepping Hill deaths: Victorino Chua 'a very good nurse'
A nurse accused of murdering patients was getting bullied at the Greater Manchester hospital where he worked, a former colleague told a court. Victorino Chua was a "very good nurse" but did not get on...
View ArticleNursing home raided after report of 11 infant deaths
LUCKNOW: Acting on an anonymous complaint that 11 newborn babies had died in the neonatal intensive care unit of a private nursing home in the past two days, a team from Lucknow health office raided...
View ArticleFive Áras Attracta nurses granted injunctions
Five psychiatric nurses at the HSE's Áras Attracta facility in County Mayo have been granted injunctions by the High Court, preventing the HSE from proceeding with an internal investigation into...
View ArticleJaipur: Nurse keeps newborn close to heater to get money from her family
Jaipur: In a shocking case, an auxiliary nurse midwife of a government dispensary allegedly kept a newborn girl close to a heater to force her family to give Rs 300 in Churu district. The baby suffered...
View ArticleLawyers threaten 7-Eleven injunction in bid to protect workers' privacy
Lawyers representing 100 exploited workers at 7-Eleven will injunct the scandal-ridden convenience store chain unless it agrees to an undertaking not pass on client details. Maurice Blackburn wrote to...
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