The WA Health Minister and the boss of Fiona Stanley Hospital defend the placement of some patients in beds in the hospital's corridors.
The WA Health Minister and the head of Fiona Stanley Hospital have defended the placement of patients in the hospital's corridors, a problem senior doctors and nurses say has been occurring for decades.
"The red tape indicates the safe place for those beds to go and gives staff an idea of where they can go." "So, whilst it is busy – there's no question about that – those very sick people, triage 1, 2, and 3, are seen within the time frame they should be seen." "It is done to free up beds so that patients being admitted from the emergency department can go straight to their allocated ward as quickly as possible.
Mark Duncan-Smith says red squaring represents the "creeping normality of inadequate capacity" in WA's health system.
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