'It's criminal': Elderly woman forced to wait 110 hours in SA ED, union says

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The South Australian Salaried Medical Officers Association (SASMOA) has declared a 'mental health pandemic' as wait times at the Royal Adelaide Hospital's emergency department skyrocket.

showed there were 89 people waiting for a bed in emergency departments across metropolitan Adelaide this morning — 40 of those at the RAH.

"Simply asking 'are you okay?' is not enough. We need to provide clinicians with more support, resources, and beds for patients in this state," Ms Mulholland said.The state government blamed the surge in mental health presentations across Adelaide emergency departments on the COVID-19 pandemic. The Premier added that overall, emergency departments presentations were down compared to this time last year.In an effort to address the surge, the state government has announced a 40-person urgent mental health care centre in Adelaide's CBD, to be opened by mid-2021.But the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has criticised the government for awarding the contract to a private provider, rather than SA Health.

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How is that any different to those who wait for ACAT assessments and aged care placements

Perhaps if hospital services were not overstretched by druggies&alchies, & others who weren't raised to endure social & emotional setbacks, occasional sadness & to hear the word No occasionally, the woman & others like her wouldn't have to wait so long for treatment. Resilience

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