Victoria’s hospital crisis continues to worsen with reports that an 83-year-old woman was forced to wait in a tent after suffering from a stroke. IzaStaskowski 9News DETAILS:
She remains in the tent and has been waiting more than 16 hours for a bed.The woman said her mother was found slumped in her chair at her aged care facility last night and was taken to hospital via ambulance.
The hospital suggested she was showing signs of a stroke, but said it had partially resolved itself, the woman told 3AW's Neil Mitchell."It is heated, and the staff are doing their best. It's makeshift, but it's still a tent." An Eastern Health spokesperson said they "respect patient confidentiality" and said they are unable to "comment on any individual patient".
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