‘Hopelessly overwhelmed:’ Sydney hospitals treat patients in corridors, ambulance trolleys | lucy_carroll
Doctors at some of Sydney’s biggest hospitals say emergency departments are so overcrowded that patients are being treated in corridors and ambulance trolleys, as the number of ambulances on the city’s roads at night has fallen below minimum levels most days this year.
Australian College of Emergency Medicine president Clare Skinner said EDs were under “extraordinary pressure” with “severe” nurse shortages and a wave of people presenting to hospital with influenza, COVID-19, injuries, acute and chronic conditions who have missed or delayed care during the pandemic.“Physicians from across NSW tell me these are the worst conditions they have worked in their careers ...
Another senior emergency doctor at a western Sydney hospital said wards had reached 110 per cent bed occupancy this week, with about one-third occupied by elderly patients and the emergency department seeing about 220 to 250 patients arriving each day.“Nurses are having to get creative at finding spots for patients,” the doctor said. “The system is surviving on goodwill and staff showing initiative.
“All local health districts have well-developed workforce surge and demand management plans in place, and our networked hospital system ensures patients can be transferred or redirected to other hospitals, including private hospitals, where necessary.
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