Family and friends are reaching out for help to bring home an Australian woman who remains in a Thai hospital 10 days after a motorcycle accident that left her fighting for life and struggling to pay thousands of dollars in medical bills. Australian tourist Dawn Weldon was riding a moped with her 14-year-old son on January 15, when she collided head-on with a truck in the Thai resort district of Ko Lanta. The 53-year-old nurse from Valla on the New South Wales Mid North Coast suffered a brain injury, a fractured skull and broke 15 separate bones, but the severe injuries were only the beginning of her ordeal. Her family says the Krabi Government Hospital will not discharge her to receive much-needed treatment in Australia, until a mounting medical bill is paid.
January 30, 2017
The Ngulingah Local Aboriginal Land Council is facing a s.773 (Application to deal with an unlawful termination dispute) lodged by an ex-staffer (Smith).
January 30, 2017
John Richard Miles died in the course of his employment on 18 October 2010. The employer has admitted liability in respect of the death and is liable to pay compensation pursuant to s 25 of the 1987 Act. The only issue for determination is the question of dependency of his former wife and child. His de-facto partner (AJ) is to finally be paid $455,900 by Miles employer Contract Pharmaceutical Services of Australia Pty Ltd. The process has taken 6 years.
January 30, 2017
A man charged with assaulting two paramedics who came to his aid after being found drunk and passed out on a footpath has been denied bail. Tony Lev Charlie, 61, was allegedly more than four times the legal limit when he punched a male paramedic and bit a second officer in the back of an ambulance.
January 30, 2017
Calvary Health Care ACT Ltd is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Deputy President Kovacic in hearing room 1 in Canberra.
January 30, 2017
New Zealand doctors and medical students have been downloading an app that allows sharing of “freak show” photographs of patients for medical purposes. The popularity of the case-sharing app Figure1 – described as an Instagram for doctors – has prompted warnings from Auckland University about its use. The app was launched in Canada in 2013, and essentially allows doctors to crowd-source diagnoses. Medical professionals can upload pictures of diseases or wounds to the app, asking other users for their input into treatment or causes. Anyone with a smartphone can access it – it is not restricted to doctors.
January 30, 2017
Sunnyfield Disability Services has been served with a s.773 (Application to deal with an unlawful termination dispute) by an ex-staffer (Kafoa).
January 27, 2017
New South Wales Health Minister Jillian Skinner has announced she will retire after more than two decades in state politics.
