Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Premier Peter Malinauskas announce more beds for Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide's south, as a patient posts photos online of their stay in a storeroom.
abc.net.au/news/more-beds-for-flinders-medical-centre-in-adelaide/102014972More beds have been announced for one of Adelaide's biggest hospitals, with the need highlighted by a patient who shared photos of their stay in a storeroom.
"This bed is a treatment area, which is only used for overnight patients when there are surges in demand because of the current lack of bed infrastructure," the spokesperson said.It was revealed last November that Opposition health spokesperson Ashton Hurn said she was concerned for patients and health care workers.
Premier Peter Malinauskas agreed it was not good enough and said the government was "moving at record pace" to address the bed shortages.Ashton Hurn says anything the government can do to alleviate the strain on the state's health care system is a "step in the right direction".
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