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theage.com.au | Henrietta Cook
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The board of Mildura Hospital has lashed out at the Allan government over its lack of funding to expand beds at the regional health service and says it “can no longer meet the growing demand” from patients.
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3 days ago | 
theage.com.au | Henrietta Cook
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Hundreds of patients are languishing in Mildura Base Hospital’s emergency department for more than 24 hours, with one elderly woman dying following a lengthy wait in a corridor.
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5 days ago | 
theage.com.au | Clay Lucas |Henrietta Cook
Cosmetic crackdown: End looms for speedy Botox scripts, influencer freebies bannedBy Clay Lucas and Henrietta Cook June 3, 2025 — 6.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Speedy telehealth consultations granting patients access to Botox, lip fillers and other beauty treatments will become “unviable” under a crackdown on Australia’s booming cosmetic injectables industry.
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6 days ago | 
theage.com.au | Henrietta Cook
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Public hospitals are slashing their surgical waiting lists by up to 70 per cent by diverting patients to physiotherapists for non-invasive treatments for their backs, knees and hands. Since late 2022, more than 4600 patients have avoided surgery at 23 hospitals across Victoria, including the Royal Melbourne, Barwon Health and Goulburn Valley Health.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Roy Ward |Henrietta Cook |Ashleigh McMillan
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2 weeks ago | 
smh.com.au | Henrietta Cook
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A new treatment for bladder cancer is being rolled out across Australian hospitals, with doctors hopeful the approach will improve survival rates for the deadly disease. The treatment involves two affordable chemotherapy drugs that have previously been ineffective on their own.
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2 weeks ago | 
watoday.com.au | Henrietta Cook
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2 weeks ago | 
smh.com.au | Roy Ward |Henrietta Cook |Ashleigh McMillan
By Roy Ward, Henrietta Cook and Ashleigh McMillanUpdated May 25, 2025 — 5.45pmfirst published at 3.24pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Two people have been arrested and another taken to hospital after a machete brawl involving about 10 people broke out at a shopping centre in Melbourne’s north on Sunday afternoon.
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2 weeks ago | 
theage.com.au | Lachlan Abbott |Henrietta Cook |Madeleine Heffernan |Noel Towell
By Lachlan Abbott, Henrietta Cook, Madeleine Heffernan, Noel Towell, Tom Cowie and Nicole Precel May 20, 2025 — 6.23pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. We asked five different Victorians what they thought of this year’s state budget. This is what they said.
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2 weeks ago | 
watoday.com.au | Lachlan Abbott |Henrietta Cook |Madeleine Heffernan |Noel Towell
The budget has $162 million for bus services, including new connections in Thornhill Park, Mt Atkinson and Cairnlea in the west. However, it doesn’t go far enough for Santaram, who wants a system-wide overhaul with 10-15-minute frequencies. “There’s no equitable access to public transport,” he said. “If you go to the outer suburbs, there are people walking up to five kilometres just to catch a bus.
