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The mother of a three-year-old toddler who was denied treatment for a serious concussion because she tested positive for Covid has doubled her criticism of the hospital on breakfast television. Deborah Reeves appeared on the Today show on Friday to recall the traumatic experience of taking her daughter Wynta to Gladstone Hospital in central Queensland around noon on Sunday after she fell from a kitchen bar stool and banged her head with force. As Reeves told Daily Mail Australia yesterday, upon arriving at the hospital, Wynta did not receive treatment for his head injury. Instead, the distressed toddler was forced to undergo two Covid tests. ‘I’m horrified. I think we’re here because of a head injury, not because of Covid,” Reeves told Today. Three-year-old Wynta (pictured the day after she fell) was discharged without treatment from Gladstone Hospital after falling from a kitchen bar stool and suffering a concussion. Wynta was first given a rapid an...

For some children, birthdays are very valuable to celebrate. Jessica Gowers can’t tell you whether her son Riley will make it to the age of 13, 18, or 21. He didn’t think they would see his seventh birthday in March. But, they did. Riley was born with CHARGE syndrome, a complex set of medical problems. Riley with Toy Story cake. ( Provided: Jessica Gowers ) Apart from heart problems, he was deaf, mute, and partially blind. “Riley was born in 2015, we were in the hospital for 11 months. 2016, six months, 2017, six months, 2018, dodging bullets. 2019, four months,” Ms Gowers said. With all the time in the hospital, it’s no wonder Miss Gowers doesn’t have time to bake. Or many other things for that matter. So he called Cake Angels, a team of 2,100 professional decorators across the country who donate incredible custom cakes to children with lifelong or life-limiting conditions. This is not your average banana cake with cream cheese icing. Cakes worth u...

The largest-ever medical records-based study of adverse events suffered by hospitalized patients in the US, is published in the July 12 issue of JAMA , reported a significant reduction in the rate of adverse events over the past decade. The study findings are promising for patient safety and the effectiveness of hospital patient safety initiatives. In this study, the unidentified medical records of 244,542 patients in 3,156 US hospitals over 10 years were examined. The researchers used the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System (MPSMS), a surveillance system administered by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) designed to assess 21 in-hospital side effects in patients with the primary condition acute myocardial infarction (heart attack). heart failure, pneumonia, major surgical procedures, and all other conditions. The relative risk was adjusted for the patient’s age, gender, race, ethnicity, specific comorbidities, and the characteristics of each hospital. ...