A woman died alone and in pain two days after she was discharged from an Adelaide hospital emergency department, an inquest has heard. South Australian coroner Mark Johns is investigating Rita Ann Broadway’s death in early 2015. The 66-year-old woman, who was in a wheelchair, was taken to Modbury Hospital by ambulance after complaining of pain near her bladder catheter and the inquest heard her requests went unmet for it to be changed. The woman contacted the Royal District Nursing Service South Australia (RDNSSA) the next day and told a nurse she needed someone to attend her home because of her pain level. She was told she would have to wait a further day until a visit was possible, the coroner heard. Counsel assisting the coroner Naomi Kereru said there was no evidence the nurse ever organised that visit.
March 29, 2017
An Ambulance Victoria employee was sacked and referred to police after allegedly altering plans for new stations so a relative could be paid to install dodgy emergency response doors. The alleged scam was only detected when the garage doors — which must open for paramedics to respond to emergencies — failed at one of the branches. The incident is revealed among a string of thefts and losses recorded within Victoria’s ambulance service in recent years, including repeated misappropriation of high-powered drugs such as fentanyl.
March 28, 2017
Bupa Aged Care Mosman is being challenged by a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) by Tavassoli.
March 28, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Royal Flying Doctor Service (Western Operations) t/A RFDSWA for its Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Western Operations), Medical Practitioners Industrial Agreement 2016 has been approved by Commissioner Johns in Melbourne on 27 March 2017.
March 28, 2017
Mindaribba Local Aboriginal Land Council is facing a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) instigated by an employer (Heard).
March 28, 2017
An application for approval of the St Joseph’s House Nursing Employees (Aged Care) & ANMF Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Johns in his Melbourne chambers at 2.30pm today.
March 28, 2017
A Tweed man has been charged after allegedly making sexual remarks and indecently assaulting paramedics last week. He is due to appear before Tweed Heads Local Court on Monday 3 April 2017.
March 28, 2017
HBF Health Limited is to defend a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) before Deputy President Binet in Conference Room 12.34 in Perth at 3pm.
