11. Australia Has Lowest Number of Dialysis Patients on Waiting List

A recent report has revealed that Australia has realized the least number of dialysis patients on the waiting list for transplants It has been uncovered by Professor Bruce Pussell from Sydneys Prince of Wales Hospital that they have seen reduced number of patients on the transplant waiting list may it be any age group He has concluded the same after a study with his colleagues ... Read More

12. Hospital ponders cutting fat

Canberra Hospital is considering offering weightloss surgery such as gastric banding for the first time in response to the ACTs growing levels of obesity The hospital has formed an obesity network of clinicians working with obese patients and researchers investigating the condition from the Australian National University and University of Canberra and will investigate whether surgica ... Read More

13. RDH gets record cash transfusion in NT budget

The Northern Territory Government has committed a record 335 million to Royal Darwin Hospital in this years budget Health Minister Kon Vatskalis says this is 20 million dollars more than the hospital received last year He says the extra funding will be used across the board Every single service of this hospital gets part of this budget he said The doctors ... Read More

14. Shortage of donor skin tissue worries specialists

Burns specialists say a shortage of donor skin tissue means there would not be enough to treat serious burns patients in the event of a largescale disaster Victoria is the only State to supply skin donor tissue to burns units across Australia Heather Cleland from Melbournes Alfred Hospital says supplies were stretched after the Black Saturday bushfires She says there woul ... Read More

15. Work begins on new hospital

Work has started on a 114 million private hospital that will bring 156 new beds to Wollongong and provide a shot in the arm for the region s health system The group behind the ambitious project yesterday said geotechnical work had begun at the Crown St site west of Wollongong Hospital and would take about six weeks Excavations would then begin and last up to six months ... Read More

16. Warning over hospital bug

A leading Perth microbiologist is warning that a doubling in cases of a bacterial gut infection could be opening the way for more deadly and virulent strains to get into Australian hospitals Professor Thomas Riley from the University of WA said the rates of Clostridium difficile infection in WA had increased significantly in the past nine months The bacteria are found in the ... Read More

17. Too Much Sitting Can Kill You Study Suggests

MONDAY March 26 HealthDay News For better health try standing up more a new study suggests Those who spend 11 or more hours a day sitting are 40 percent more likely to die over the next three years regardless of how physically active they are otherwise researchers say Analyzing selfreported data from more than 222000 people aged 45 and older Australian researchers found ... Read More

18. New scanner to provide more precise diagnoses

WAs Health Minister says a new CT scanner at Princess Margaret Hospital will result in quicker and more precise diagnoses of illnesses The 19 million piece of equipment is the fastest scanner in the world and the first of its kind in Australia It can perform a scan in under one second Kim Hames says the quick scan times means that most children will no longer need a genera ... Read More

19. New study shows that Australians still stand by the private health system

New research shows that 70 per cent of Australians believe that Australia s health care system would not cope without a strong private hospitals sector but many are unaware of the range of services provided by Australia s private hospitals The research commissioned by the Australian Private Hospitals Association APHA highlights that many Australians still do not understand ... Read More

20. Canberra mental health unit best in Australia

A new stateoftheart mental health unit has been officially opened at the Canberra Hospital The new 40bed unit replaces the existing 30bed psychiatric services unit at the hospital It includes a high dependency wing living and dining space a therapies wing and treatment and support area The units executive director Katrina Bracher says it is safer and more spaciou ... Read More