Logan Hospital leads surge in critical patient admissions
Logan Hospital, south of Brisbane, is at the forefront of a surge in the number of critical patients going through emergency departments in the Metro South Health district.
The number of category 1 patients, classified as those requiring immediate life-saving care, presenting at hospitals across the district, which also includes the Princess Alexandra and QEII hospitals, jumped by more than 35 per cent from 2017 to 2018.
That meant a jump of nearly 1000 critical patients, from 2632 in 2017 to 3562 in 2018.
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Asha Jefferies: Hold Yourself Together
- To write a song can be a daunting experience. Do you wrap it in metaphors to hide the truth behind the lyric, or do you bare it all like a heart on a sleeve? Young Brisbane indie folk-rock artist Asha Jefferies does both. Her debut release Hold Yourself Together is a six track EP dripping with candid truths, and vulnerable, emotionally-driven songwriting.
Aesop Rock & Tobacco: Malibu Ken
- Hip-hop's underground has always shadowed its mainstream, in a way. Whenever the genre's focus shifted, independent rappers were there to fill in the gaps and go where others wouldn't. Aesop Rock emerged from New York in the late '90s, his style a reaction to hip-hop's increasingly simplified lyrics heading into the bling era. Twenty years on and as trap's enduring popularity continues to incite 'lyricism is dead' complaints from purists, perhaps this scene is more relevant now than ever before.
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Mandatory meth testing for WA
The Western Australian government is considering mandatory methamphetamine contamination testing in an Australian first to try and combat the states ice epidemic.
If approved, the tests would accurately check if houses had been previously used as meth labs, or had residue from meth use, which can be harmful to following residents who are often unaware of the properties history.
Archaeologists discover 50 mummies at ancient burial site
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a Pharaonic tomb holding 50 mummies in Minya, south of Cairo.
The chambers, which were cut out of rock, are likely to have belonged to a middle class family who lived in the period from the fourth century BC to just before the birth of Jesus.
The archaeological finding was the first of 2019 and was unearthed through a joint mission with the Research Centre for Archaeological Studies of Minya University.
Pope admits priests sexually abused nuns
Pope Francis has admitted that clerics have sexually abused nuns, and in one case kept them as sex slaves, the first time such issues have been acknowledged.
He made the comments on Tuesday while on a historic tour of the Middle East, saying the issue was being addressed, but the problem was ongoing.
Days before, the Vatican’s women’s magazine, Women Church World, condemned the abuse, saying in some cases, nuns were forced to abort priests’ children, something that is forbidden in Catholicism.
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The Productivity Commission has found airports aren’t ripping off airlines who use their runways or travellers who pay up to $17 to park near their terminals.
The report comes as a blow to the QANTAS and Virgin Airlines groups, who claimed they were being gouged by the airports and wanted a new body that could rule on disputes.