A NSW Health executive says she believed more COVID-19 swabs should have been taken and clearer messaging provided before passengers were allowed to disembark the Ruby Princess and scatter across Australia and internationally. The Special Commission of Inquiry into the Ruby Princess heard from NSW Heath communicable diseases acting director Dr Christine Selvey on Monday.… Read More: Test results needed before ship scatter »
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You’re scrolling Instagram when it happens: the tilted head, the floppy ears. Fluffy or Fido is looking for a home and there’s an empty place at the foot of your bed. In a couple of clicks you have filled out an application to adopt. Falling in love with a cute pet is easy, but it’s… Read More: Before You Adopt: Planning a Lifelong Commitment to Your Pet’s… »
I have bled out during emergency surgery and been revived by the expert trauma and transplant team who raced into my operating room. I have had liter upon liter of donated blood transfused into my grey lifeless body. I survived months on a ventilator in an intensive care unit. I have had my lungs fill… Read More: I’ve been on a ventilator before, so I’d like to… »