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What drives women to have a ‘freebirth’ without a midwife or doctor? Here’s what the research says

A coronial inquest is this week examining the death of Melbourne wellness influencer Stacey Warnecke after a freebirth at her home in September.

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VIC:Baby's death after home birth could have been avoided

A mother should have been transferred to hospital four hours earlier to save her baby's life, a coroner has found.

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Baby's death after home birth could have been avoided

A mother should have been transferred to hospital four hours earlier to save her baby's life, a coroner has found.

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Mother made informed birth choice before baby's death

A coroner is investigating the death of a six-day-old baby who was delivered via Caesarean at a regional hospital after a home birth went wrong.

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Data indicates family violence spiked during COVID-19 as Victorian hospitals work on responses

Healthcare services are working to improve hospital responses to family violence, as preliminary data suggests it has been rising since the COVID-19 pandemic began, following anecdotal trends across Australia and globally.

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No coronation needed, KFC crows in cheeky ad

Buckets of Kentucky fried salutations fit for a king.

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West Wimmera health chief stands on busy highway in bid to attract more staff

The head of a regional health service says a few resumes have landed since he tried a hands-on approach to recruitment.

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Coroner recommends improvements to cross-border policing following death of psychiatric patient

An inquest into a 25-year-old psychiatric patient's death has resulted in recommendations for police on both sides of the Victoria-NSW border to improve coordination on missing persons cases.

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NSW coroner highlights cross-border police failures in Darren Higgins death inquest

An inquest into the death of First Nations man Darren Higgins, who went missing on leave from a psychiatric facility, is expected to result in recommendations about cross-border police communication.

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New medical interns hoped to be part of solution to doctor shortage in regional Victoria

The Australian Medical Association predicts the nation will be 10,000 GPs short in 10 years' time, but these medical interns could be part of the solution.

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State-funded COVID testing sites close in Victoria as free RATs offered instead of PCRs

State-funded PCR testing centres will stop operating in Victoria today, but free RATs will be offered at community centres.

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Bendigo Health's Aboriginal mental health clinician calls for more funding as program helps heal wounds

For this mental health worker, learning life skill activities is part of recovery. But so is standing on the edge of a river or lake.

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Family takes legal action over mum's death

The children of a woman who took her own life in a Bendigo psychiatric unit in 2016 are seeking compensation from the health service.

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Bendigo Health convicted and fined $100,000 over patient's death in 2016

Bendigo Health has been fined $100,000 after pleading guilty to failing to ensure a patient was not exposed to risk following the death of a woman in 2016.

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Vic health service fined $100k after death

Bendigo Health has been hit with a $100,000 fine, admitting it failed to ensure patients' safety when one took their own life in August 2016.

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Bendigo Health pleads guilty over death of psychiatric patient at Alexander Bayne Centre

The Bendigo Magistrates Court heard Bendigo Health failed to ensure the woman's safety due to "a hole in the system".

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Registered organ donors in central Victoria below national average as recipient seeks to 'give back'

Richard Betteridge shares his life-saving liver transplant story in a bid to encourage others to become organ donors, with the number of those registered in central Victoria below the national average.

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COVID, flu cases rise in central Victoria as patient demand challenges health system

Bendigo's health services are asking residents to be patient as the emergency department and GP clinics struggle to meet demand.

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Health sector 'completely congested' as emergency wait times blow out

Victorian Ambulance Union secretary says “the smaller country towns are actually the ones that suffer the most".

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Families call for review of Victorian CHO's hospital visitation rules, say patients are suffering

There are calls for Victoria's strict hospital visitor restrictions to be reviewed, as families reveal their heartbreak at being separated from sick or injured loved ones.

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