Hospital

$1.2 billion lost to avoidable spending in public hospitals

A new report from the Grattan Institute has found that the public hospital system wastes approximately $1.2 billion a year on avoidable spending. The report follows strong backlash from state and territory governments to a letter from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urging them to rein in spending which they argued was “beyond belief” considering the …

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VR program takes hospital patients around the world

For many long-term hospital patients, days can blend into weeks with little connection to the outside world. However, one charity called the Chimera Legacy Foundation is helping patients take a break, without having to leave the hospital. After surviving leukaemia, and a lung transplant himself, Damien Thompson originator of the Chimera Legacy Foundation created Holiday …

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