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An extra 21,000 operations will be performed over the next year as the Government spends more on private hospitals. Health ...
A man died weeks after undergoing elective surgery at the Royal Blackburn Hospital. Peter Beverley Kirrage from Burnley had a ...
The Crisafulli Government is investing $1.8 billion over four years to stabilise the elective surgery waiting list.  The funding includes $1.27 ...
A record 4,145 elective surgery admissions made in just one weekAdmissions for week ending 22 June were 11 per cent higher than the 18-month ...
But "elective" doesn't always mean optional. Some elective surgeries are medically necessary and others aren't. Health insurance will usually cover medically necessary elective procedures, like a knee ...
Wellington Hospital is cutting beds from its gynaecology and maternity wards in a trial aimed at making more room for patients from the overcrowded Emergency Department, according to a leaked memo.
The funding includes $834m (A$1.27b) for the Surgery Connect programme. The Australian government is set to invest $1.2b (A$1 ...
In this high-yield, clinically focused session, Dr. Steven L. Cohn, one of the leading experts in perioperative medicine, ...
Minimizing opioid exposure during and after colorectal surgery can decrease long-term opioid use in some patients, according ...
Joshua Maxwell was told his open-heart surgery had to be done within 90 days. He thought he was going to die as the wait ...
PROVISION of acute services at the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) remains a "top priority" for the Western Trust, a press ...