St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney lost more than $24 million on the sharemarket using money from federal government research grants and public donations, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.   

A man with tinnitus had to wait six years to see a specialist at Townsville Hospital, News.com.au writes.   

Doctors are boycotting the Newcastle Melanoma Unit's new premises at the Mater Hospital, saying conditions are cramped an chaotic, says The Herald.   

More than 40 per cent of rural GPs are now international medical graduates, NSW Rural Doctor Network statistics show, according to The Herald.   

Melbourne doctor David Bartholomeusz has survived the rare flesh-eating disease necrotising fasciitis, says City North News.   

Not one doctor has replied to national and international advertising campaigns for the top position at the Moura Hospital, says Queensland Health, according to the ABC.   

Aged care for gay people is lacking, say a report by Alzheimers Australia, according to the Star Observer.   

The Austin Hospital in Melbourne will be able to treat more patients with vascular diseases thanks to a state-of-the-art angiography suite, says the Heidelberg Leader.   

The Queensland Children’s Hospital has named three leading doctors to help drive the integration of the Royal Children’s Hospital and Mater Children’s Hospital operations by 2014, says the Northside Chronicle.   

Breast cancer surgeon John Buckingham has been named ACT Senior Australian of the Year for his pioneering work on the sentinel node mapping technique, says The Canberra Times.   

A Sydney doctor charged with a drug offence after the death of a young woman has been suspended, Ninemsn says.   

A pioneering youth health service in Sydney is being ''shut down by stealth'', leaving the most at-risk teenagers and young adults without a specialised health and welfare service, says The Sydney Morning Herald.   

The medical team that successfully separated conjoined twins Krishna and Trishna after 32 hours of surgery has been honoured at Government House in Melbourne, The Australian writes.