Hospital Stays Blog - Tips, News and Accommodation Reviews
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Sep 2018
Suicide Awareness and Antidepressant Drugs
Published in General on September 07, 2018
Every September, professionals, citizens, and survivors take time to bring attention and awareness to suicide through World Suicide Prevention Day. According to the World Health Organization, 800,000 people worldwide die from suicide each year and many, many more attempt suicide. It is the leading cause of death around the world in people between the ages of 15 and 29. Rec...
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Sep 2018
Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre Ward to Reopen as SA Health Prepares for Busy Winter
Published in General on September 03, 2018
According to a recent bulletin issued to Central Adelaide Local Health Network members, SA Health is preparing for the reopening of an old ward in Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre to accommodate seasonal overcrowding of the state’s hospitals during winter. The end of the year is historically the most overwhelming time for healthcare providers due to the uptick...
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Aug 2018
ACT Budget 2018: Canberra Hospital to Get $112 Million Following String of Issues
Published in General on August 27, 2018
In June, the ACT Government added $112 million to the budget allocated for “core hospital services.” This is in response to Canberra Hospital’s well-published troubles and is intended to add at least 12 doctors, 60 nurses and perhaps up to 80 patient beds over the coming years. The core services in need of an influx of cash include the intensive care unit, the...
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Aug 2018
Hospital in the Home Program to Receive $34.5 Million Over Four Years In ACT Budget
Published in General on August 20, 2018
In November 2017, Wendy Bryant was diagnosed with an infection that was classified as “multi-resistant” and as a result, she could have spent the past half year in the hospital. However, as a result of Hospital in the Home, Ms Bryant was able to receive treatment and begin recovering comfortably at her own home where she resides with her husband. When asked...
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Aug 2018
After 3 Years of Disease and Contamination Scares, Perth Children’s Hospital to Open
Published in News on August 13, 2018
Originally set to open in 2015, the Perth Children’s Hospital is finally accepting patients as of mid-May this year. In a project costing $1.2 billion, the three years of delays were due to such things as contamination from asbestos, lead, and two suspected cases of Legionella disease. Attending the opening were 300 guests, including the Health Minister and...
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Aug 2018
Construction Begins on $340 Million Herston Quarter Health Facility
Published in News on August 07, 2018
In a total allotment of $1.1 billion construction project for the Herston Quarter Redevelopment, construction has begun on the public health facility which is to be state-of-the-art. According to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk who visited the work site in mid-June, her government is providing Queenslanders with “world-class healthcare,” of which this project com...
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Jul 2018
10 Tips to Help Parents Survive Their Child’s Hospital Stay
Published in Tips on July 30, 2018
Any parent who has suffered through a child’s hospital stay knows that this is one of the most difficult things in life to endure. No matter how serious the illness or disease, there is always cause for concern. Thanks to the advances in modern medicine and a totally new way of approaching paediatric healthcare, parents can find better ways of coping with the stress....
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Jul 2018
How Pathology Advancements Helped One Regional Hospital Tackle the Horror of 2017 Flu Season
Published in General on July 23, 2018
With flu season quickly approaching, doctors throughout Australia are working nonstop to educate healthcare workers and the general public as to the potential dangers inherent in contracting influenza. Last year, New South Wales was hit especially hard in the Illawarra region and so 2017 has gone down as one of the worst flu seasons on record in recent history. The following ar...
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Jul 2018
Brain Cancer Survivor Praises Push for Treatment Breakthroughs
Published in General on July 16, 2018
Kaitlyn O’Kane has grown used to being exceptional. As a teenage cancer sufferer, she was already in an unenviable minority. But, despite now being cancer free, Kaitlyn has had to contend with ongoing side effects from the chemotherapy treatment. This includes permanent hair loss. Recently, Kaitlyn came out in support of a new high-profile campaign to make more breakth...
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Jul 2018
'Text Me' alert system helping heart attack sufferers maintain treatment after hospital
Published in General on July 09, 2018
Every year, roughly 55,000 Australians go to the hospital because of a heart attack. Of these, a third are repeat heart attacks. A new text message alert system is being trialled across Australia, in a bid to combat heart attacks. After leaving the hospital, the system provides patients with important follow-up information. After Hospital Professor Clara Chow is the Direc...
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