Tag: Lismore Base Hospital
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MAN AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL AFTER FALLING FROM HIS ROOF
A 51-year-old man remains in Lismore Base Hospital after falling from his roof north-west of Bangalow yesterday evening. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to a property at Federal where the man suffered leg injuries. He is being treated in a stable condition. (NO VIDEO)
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WOMAN INJURED AFTER FALLING FROM HORSE NEAR QLD-NSW BORDER
A 42-year-old woman has suffered rib and shoulder injuries after falling from a horse at Korelah, west of Woodenbong. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to the scene this morning to assist paramedics. She was transported to Lismore Base Hospital in a stable condition. (NO VIDEO)
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UNION DISPUTING LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT OVER SECURITY CONCERNS
The Health Services Union has slammed the Northern NSW Local Health District for using external security officers at Lismore Base Hospital. It comes after three staff were allegedly assaulted on-site last month.
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PATIENT ALLEGEDLY PUNCHES AND BITES STAFF AT LISMORE BASE HOSPITAL
There have been three alleged assaults on staff at Lismore Base Hospital in just two weeks. In one incident, a female patient is accused of punching and biting a worker, as Georgia Schefe reports.
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LENNOX HEAD MOTHER’S PLEA TO QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT FOR HELP
A Lennox Head mother is pleading with the Queensland Government to allow her daughter into the state for medical treatment. It comes as the local health boss confirms some Northern Rivers residents are being sent down as far as Sydney for care.
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NURSE ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED IN THE FACE BY PATIENT IN LISMORE HOSPITAL
Police have charged a woman after she allegedly assaulted a nurse on duty at Lismore Base Hospital’s emergency department last Saturday. Officers say the 37-year-old became verbally abusive before punching the healthcare worker in the face. The accused has been charged with a string of offences, including assaulting an authorised officer. She will appear in…
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NORTHERN RIVERS COVID-19 PATIENT NOW IN INTENSIVE CARE
A Northern Rivers’ COVID-19 patient is now being treated in ICU at Lismore Base Hospital after deteriorating while in self-isolation. The person, aged in their 60s, tested positive for the virus last month after returning from Sydney. There are five active coronavirus cases in the Northern New South Wales Local Health District. (NO AUDIO)
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FAR NORTH COAST MAN INJURED AFTER MOUNTAIN BIKING FALL
A man has suffered suspected spinal injuries after a nasty fall while mountain biking west of Ballina. Emergency services were called to the Duck Creek Mountain Bike Park just before midday. The 49-year-old was carried from the track on a stretcher before being transported to Lismore Base Hospital. “The helmet stopped the patient from being…
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DEMAND SURGES IN LOCAL HOSPITALS DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020
The Northern New South Wales Local Health boss has praised our hospitals’ performance during the first quarter of 2020. But the State Opposition has slammed new statistics from the Bureau of Health as “unacceptable”.
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CASINO MAN WHO HAD COVID-19 THANKS FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO SAVED HIS LIFE
A Casino man, who came close to death after contracting coronavirus, today thanked the frontline workers who saved his life. Warren Ainsworth is the only patient across the Far North Coast to have been treated for COVID-19 in intensive care.