Janelle Miles

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Kate McKenna |Janelle Miles

A major fertility group has incorrectly transferred the wrong embryo from a patient — the second incident the company has apologised for in recent months. In an announcement to the ASX on Tuesday morning, Monash IVF said the incident happened on June 5 at its laboratory in Clayton, Victoria. "The patient's own embryo was incorrectly transferred to that patient, contrary to the treatment plan which designated the transfer of an embryo of the patient's partner," the announcement said.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Janelle Miles |Emma Pollard

The Queensland government is facing desperate pleas to make an 11th-hour bid to save Toowong Private Hospital, with patients describing the mental health facility as life-changing. Eliza Johnston, 34, said the hospital had saved her life "on numerous occasions". "Without it, there's nowhere else to go — the public system just doesn't cover it," she said. "The public system will discharge you unless you're a danger to somebody else.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Janelle Miles |Emma Pollard

The financially strapped Toowong Private Hospital in Brisbane will close this week amid concerns seven other private mental health hospitals across the country are at "imminent" risk of collapse. Australian Private Hospitals Association chief executive Brett Heffernan blamed "rapacious profiteering" by health funds over three years as the over-arching reason for the 58-bed hospital's closure and the potential loss of more private psychiatric facilities.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Janelle Miles

A prisoner has died two days after an altercation with another mental health patient at the Princess Alexandra Hospital's psychiatric ward, in Brisbane's south. The ABC understands the incident is being treated as a death in custody and a report is being prepared for the coroner. Police have confirmed officers from the Corrective Services Investigation Unit are probing the "sudden death" of a man on May 4 after officers were notified at about 11.20am that day.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Janelle Miles

Warning: This story contains content that might upset some readers. Five-week-old Sidney Mahony lies in his mother Ashleigh's arms on a secluded balcony at the Queensland Children's Hospital on a summer's day in February. It's 3pm and time to say goodbye — way too soon after their first hello. Dad Lonni is here and Sidney's older sister Tully, then still a toddler. Other family and close friends have also arrived.