An Adelaide teenager was in hospital for about six months when what was believed to be a common cold turned out to be an invasive sepsis infection. Harry Trowbridge, now 14, began showing common cold symptoms last year before his health quickly declined, his mother, Meagan Mercurio, said. She said within three days Harry began … Read more
The wife of a truck driver, one of three killed in a head on collision along South Australia’s Eyre Hwy, said her family has been left “shaken” by the sudden passing of the 45-year-old man. Three died at the scene of the crash on the Eyre Hwy, about 27km west of Yalata, on the edge … Read more
Adelaide woman Paris Hedger had saved for a trip to the United States since she was 13 years old, but soon after she arrived, her life was turned upside down because of a life-threatening medical condition. A few months before she was hospitalised, Hedger was working as a travel content creator, securing paid work and … Read more
A woman who drowned at a beach on the NSW South Coast this week is being remembered as a “cherished” mother, wife and nurse. Yuliya Pashkovska, 43, was found unconscious about 1.15pm on Tuesday by surfers in the water at Pebbly Beach, 26km northeast of Batemans Bay. The surfers pulled Pashkovska onto their boards and … Read more
A mother has made a desperate plea to “find that car” which hit and killed New Zealand national Mitch East, 28, in Tamarama on Sunday. Debra East has now arrived in Sydney, where Mitch lived and worked as a lawyer, and described standing on the roadside trying to comprehend the moment she lost her son. … Read more
A two-year-old boy and his critically injured mother, who is from Belarus, face an uncertain future after surviving a multi-vehicle crash that killed the boy’s father in northern NSW. Australian citizen Adrian Peri, 41, and two other people died in the head-on crash on the New England Hwy north of Armidale on February 10. WATCH … Read more
Sophie-Lee Fullagar, 24, has been identified as one of four people killed in a ute crash last Saturday morning. She died at the scene along with three others — a male driver, a male passenger, and another female passenger — when the blue Mazda BT50 utility left Back Channel Rd, Wardell and rolled just after … Read more
A woman woke up for a kidney operation to find she’d lost her arms and legs. Lucinda Mullins, 41, went into hospital for kidney surgery but lost her arms and legs when doctors discovered the mother of two was suffering from sepsis. Originally Ms Mullins went to Fort Logan Hospital before she was transferred to … Read more
A critically ill Melbourne mother and her family are making a desperate plea to help them raise funds to cover her medical bills and the cost of flying her back to Australia for emergency surgery. Gina Wherrett, 62, was diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND) in September 2022. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Melbourne mum stranded … Read more
A man has suffocated after falling face-first on a beach in New Zealand while walking with his two-year-old daughter. Andre Bradshaw, 25, suffered a medical episode while walking his daughter Skyla on Raumati Beach north of Wellington in June this year. For months, Bradshaw’s family were left with only questions about how he died, until … Read more
