Patient numbers in Australia's hospital emergency departments have fallen to record lows with doctors concerned some people are delaying life-saving treatment
in some hospitals alongside an alarming deterioration in cardiac emergencies.revealed last week that patients were having heart attacks in their homes as they avoided hospitals amid fears they would be burdening the healthcare system, while some chronically ill people were skipping critical medical appointments.
"There are people with chronic diseases, like diabetes, who we would expect to be seeing more of because those diseases are the ones that can get a little out of control." “Westmead Hospital emergency department is experiencing fewer presentations than normal, including less trauma and sport-related injuries,” emergency department nurse Donna Robertson said. “There has been a slight increase in injuries related to home repairs and home cooking.”
"It can be really tricky to work out who's not showing up," he said. "There could be people with potentially very dangerous causes of headaches or migraines who are maybe not coming to the hospital."
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