8AM Zedlines
Good morning, this is Micheala and Daniel with your 8am Zedlines.
Public Health Expense over Digital Project
Queensland’s public hospitals are dealing with multimillion-dollar blowouts to install an integrated electronic medical record that clinicians say is flawed and putting patients at risk.
Many Hospital and Health Services are floundering under the booming cost of the health department’s integrated electronic medical record (ieMR) project, while patients at some public hospitals have been affected by increased elective surgery wait times.
New Process in Place to Aid Sexual Assault Victim
Queensland rape victims will be offered forensic examinations regardless of whether they plan to make a complaint to police.
It comes after it was revealed vital DNA evidence could be lost as a result of a Queensland Health policy not to collect forensic evidence from rape victims unless they agree to report the assault to police.
Al-Araibi Freed from Jail
Football player and refugee Hakeem al-Araibi has been freed from jail in Thailand after Bahrain withdrew its extradition request.
al-Araibi was detained in Bangkok in November on an Interpol notice requested by Bahrain while he travelled to the Thailand capital on honeymoon.
Thailand's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) asked the court to end proceedings against al-Araibi because Bahrain had said it was no longer interested in the request, officials told BBC Thai on Monday.
Townsville Residence Warned of Disease
A potentially deadly disease is infecting vulnerable residents amid the flood clean-up, health authorities in the north-Queensland city are warning.
Townsville public health unit acting director Dr Julie Mudd said eight people had so far been diagnosed with melioidosis, an environmental bacteria picked up from the soil.
People cleaning up after the floods are advised to wear protective equipment, cover any wounds and protect their airways if working around mud.
Teacher Strike in Denver
Teachers in Denver, Colorado, walked out of their classrooms on Monday after failing to reach a deal with administrators on pay.
The educator's strike, the first in the city in 25 years, follows a year of negotiations and waves of walkouts, the Denver Post reported.
Denver's school district said schools will remain open during the strike as more than 2,000 educators walk out, however, the district has cancelled classes for 5,000 preschool children as it does not have adequate staffing.
Polar Bears Besiege Town
A state of emergency has been declared in Russia, as environmental authorities deploy a team of specialists to a remote Arctic region to sedate and remove dozens of hungry polar bears that have besieged the people living there.
Alexander Minayev, deputy head of archipelago Novaya Zemlya says people are scared, and afraid to leave their homes while Parents are also unwilling to let their children go to school or nursery.
Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow
- After almost five years, Sharon Van Etten has returned with new album, Remind Me Tomorrow and it has proved to be well worth the wait. 2014 predecessor Are We There was critically lauded and somewhat of a breakthrough album for the singer-songwriter who had previous albums of similar quality yet dissimilar success. Van Etten’s songs are tinged with melancholy and her voice is often sorrowful and plaintive, which garners a likeness to The National and Leonard Cohen, however there are also glimpses of joy and euphoria.
Two People: First Body
- Opening their debut LP First Body with the most expansive, cavernous and dissonant track on the record is a bold move, but for Melbourne duo Two People, it just feels right.
Cubsport: Cubsport
- Bands quite often change their sound over time, and with their change in sound comes an adjusted fan base - perhaps they had a lineup change, or their target audience grew up, or sometimes it’s just an organic aural evolution over time. Then there are artists like Brisbane cult favourites Cub Sport, who over the last few years have turned from caterpillar into magnificent butterfly. With their physical evolution has also come a musical one - namely their third, self-titled record, which is out now.