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"Around 25,000 people visit hospital emergency departments across Australia
every day. Many of them are reporting waiting for hours to be seen. Some give
up and leave, only to have their condition deteriorate.
“Ambulance ramping” – where ambulances queue outside hospitals to hand over
patients – has become more common and means some people wait long periods
before they even arrive at emergency.
Of the 8.8 million presentations at emergency departments each year, one in
three people wait more than four hours to be treated and admitted to a ward for
further care, or to be discharged.
Our fragile public health system and its staff need urgent attention before
emergency departments can recover."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
