In the media
Revealed: Faulty medical implants harm patients around
world
Patients around the world are suffering pain and many have died as
a result of faulty medical devices that have been allowed on to the
market by a system dogged by poor regulation, lax rules on testing
and a lack of transparency, an investigation has found (26 November
2018).
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Households urged to run taps amid concerns of lead
poisoning
Australian households have been officially advised to run their
taps for at least 30 seconds in the morning amid fears of lead
poisoning from plumbing products. The
alert was issued in July by enHealth — a standing
committee representing federal, state and territory health
departments, the National Health and Medical Research Council and
the New Zealand Ministry of Health (26 November 2018).
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Lady Cilento name change assessed by Crime and
Corruption Commission
Queensland health minister Steven Miles has been referred to the
Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) over the
Lady Cilento name change online survey. The opposition wants the
CCC to investigate if the government rigged the vote, and possibly
falsified records so it could justify changing the hospital's
name from the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital to the
Queensland Children's Hospital (22 November 2018).
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New mental health facility could care for extreme
cyber-bullying cases
When Queensland's new youth mental health facility opens in
early 2020, the state will finally have the mental health
facilities it needs, its former chief psychiatrist told reporters.
It could also provide care for increasingly serious cases of cyber
bullying "on a more general level", according to
Queensland Health mental health branch executive director John
Allan (19 November 2018).
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