South Australian government deals with private hospitals for extra beds, as 17 historical COVID-19 deaths added to state toll
In a bid to help the state's health system struggling with surging COVID-19 cases, the South Australian government says it has done a deal with private hospitals to secure the equivalent of an entire hospital's worth of beds for public patients.The South Australian government has done a deal with private hospitals to secure 107 beds for public patients
Mr Picton said the number of beds was "equivalent to, say, the size of Noarlunga Hospital coming on as additional capacity into the system". As of Thursday, there were 339 people with COVID-19 in South Australia's hospitals, 26 fewer than yesterday, while the state recorded 3,957 new cases. Of those, 14 were people aged between 60 and 100 as well as a woman in her 20s, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 50s.The state government also announced today that a new ambulance station, the first of five previously promised stations, will be built on the corner of Portrush and Magill roads at Maylands in the state's eastern suburbs.
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