Text messages describe ‘Third World’ conditions in Sydney hospital emergency room

The 88-year-old woman had been in the western Sydney hospital emergency room for six hours. She was in kidney failure.

At the inquiry emergency medicine physicians Dr Pramod Chandru and Dr James Tadros with Dr Setthy Ung of the South Western Sydney Local Health District.Nurses could not do anything for the woman while she was in the waiting room, including delivering her slow intravenous fluids, Dr Tadros wrote. At her age, a more rapid infusion could be deadly.

Upper house Labor MP Rose Jackson said the evidence had given a “shocking insight” into the frontline crisis in NSW hospitals.Data from the Bureau of Health Information last month showed more than a quarter of patients arriving at NSW hospitals by ambulance spent at least 30 minutes parked outside or waiting in corridors before entering.

A NSW Health spokeswoman said almost 84 per cent of ambulance patients were transferred to an emergency department within 30 minutes, which is the best performance among all Australian jurisdictions. While she acknowledged “tremendous” recent health infrastructure spending by the government, Dr Skinner said there had not been concurrent investment in staff.

Health Services Union secretary Gerard Hayes said Hazzard had guided the health sector through the challenges of the pandemic, but a royal commission was needed into health spending.

Lucy_Cormack Furthermore the Wollongong Hospital is modern, well equipped, and very clean. It is a credit to the administrators and staff.

Lucy_Cormack My elderly father has been recently cared for by Wollongong public hospital and Port Kembla palliative care and my family has found the emergency department, palliative care and subsequent hospital treatment fantastic. The nurses and doctor have been highly professional & caring.

ChrisMinnsMP Lucy_Cormack unionsnsw AlisterHenskens provided false and misleading answers to budget estimates questions! NSWTAFE $4.9 million in wage theft Corrupt managers protect by minister! Witnesses are still being intimidated and bullied by corrupt managers! Taxpayers money corruption

Lucy_Cormack its time to get a real NHS.........the states are just job sharing

Lucy_Cormack Govt needs more than one health minister. The portfolio is too huge for one minister to run properly. Maybe a minister for hospitals, one for outpatient services, one for country services, for GPs & other services We probably need 5 health ministers.nswpol RoseBJackson

Lucy_Cormack The third world is where we recruit our doctors.

Lucy_Cormack AlboMP ‘s reckless & huge immigration numbers will cost the lives of Australians. As well as making those on the margin homeless. A real Labor party would have near net zero immigration. What has AustralianLabor become? 😳 auspol HousingCrisis healthcare & extinctioncrisis

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