The Royal Adelaide Hospital is the first South Australian public hospital to offer robotic assisted surgery with the Da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system now available. The new robotic system provides three-dimensional high-definition vision allowing surgeons to do...
“I caught the plane three times. I caught the ambulance two, three times up here too.” That’s one experience of a patient living in remote South Australia and having to travel to Adelaide for specialist healthcare. Telehealth can help, says new...
The Royal Adelaide Hospital recently hosted the first Survive and Survive group session for 2024 — pictured are participants Tim and Tammy with physiotherapist Simone. Thanks to continual improvements in medicine, more critically ill patients survive a period in...
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic digestive condition that causes disruption to gut function, often leading to debilitating pain, overwhelming tiredness and other physical symptoms. But for people affected, the impacts extend beyond the physical. Taryn...
Video series: Translating Research In this episode, we hear about research aimed at helping patients recover muscle mass lost during a stay in an intensive care unit (ICU). We learn that while more patients are surviving ICU, slow recovery and delayed discharge...
Commitment to public service is clear at Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN). Four CALHN entries to the 2023 Premier’s Excellence Awards have been announced as finalists. Dr Griffith Perkins is a finalist in the category Emerging Young Talent – Individual....