Health outcomes for people with intellectual disability remain ‘comparable to third world countries’ – ABC News
Health outcomes for people with intellectual disability remain ‘comparable to third world countries’ – ABC News By national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella and the Specialist Reporting Team’s Evan Young Australians with intellectual disability continue to experience unconscious bias in the medical system and much poorer health outcomes than people without disability. On average, they die 27 […]
Family of youngest Queenslander to die with COVID-19 lodges formal complaint about treatment at Redcliffe Hospital – ABC News
Family of youngest Queenslander to die with COVID-19 lodges formal complaint about treatment at Redcliffe Hospital – ABC News By state political reporter Kate McKenna and Janelle Miles Posted 19/1/2022 A young Queensland man with a disability has died with COVID-19 at home, leaving his devoted family with serious questions about why he was discharged from a hospital […]
Preventable hospitalisation rates 4.5 times higher for people with intellectual disabilities – ABC News
Preventable hospitalisation rates 4.5 times higher for people with intellectual disabilities, research reveals By Eliza Hull In March, Sydney man Jack Kelly had a high temperature and was taken to hospital. Key points: Research examined the hospital admissions of 92,000 people with intellectual disabilities It found a significantly higher rate of preventable hospitalisations, compared to the general population […]
