Queenslanders are being urged by the state's Health Minister not to go hospital unless it a medical emergency, with almost every public facility at capacity.The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine believes the system is in crisisThe State Government has released $3 million in emergency funds as it scrambles to deal with the"unprecedented" pressure on Queensland's public hospital beds.
Chief health officer Jeannette Young has denied the hospital system is in crisis, but Simon Judkins, the president of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, said he believed it was. "I think it is a crisis because we know that staff are suffering, we know that patients are suffering, we know there's adverse outcomes and increasing aggression and violence," Dr Judkins said.
He said the increased demand was not surprising, and it was a problem being felt in emergency departments across the country. "We aren't catering for this growth and investing in staff to be able to cope in increasing demand," he said."We know we've had one of the hottest summers ever and we know heat causes health conditions to get worse, and [we] have also seen a lot more flu cases than [expected this time of year]," she said.
Yet again, the paltry amount of hospitals, has contributed to breaches of our right to be seen within a 'reasonable' amount of time. In this rich nation, one cannot concieve why either side thinks 93,000 beds is adequate for 25 million. How ****ing stupid!!!
Money for healthcare stopped the day the LNP was replaced by Labor. Queenslanders once again got sucked in by Labor lies. Qld now has the highest unemployment and debt in the country.