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An Overall of Emergency Care Needed in New Zealand Health Industry
August 07, 2007 at 5:34 PM
General Health News
Such a situation would turn to a disaster if these hospitals have to respond to a real crisis situation like an earthquake.
On Sunday, ambulances were used as makeshift emergency rooms at North Shore Hospital as the emergency department struggled to cope with an influx of patients. Wellington Hospital staff regularly had to open concertina wall dividers - designed to expand the department for mass casualties in natural disasters - to accommodate more patients.
At 5pm yesterday, Wellington Hospital's emergency department had 41 patients for its 21 cubicles. Seven patients were waiting for ward beds - one of whom had been there for 10 hours - and 15 were waiting to be seen.
A college survey of Australian hospitals, published last week, found that caring for patients who could not be sent to overcrowded wards soaked up about 40 per cent of emergency department workloads. Dr Freeman said New Zealand hospitals had the same problem, though there was no national data. He and colleagues at other emergency departments were considering conducting a similar survey this month.
Dr Freeman said patients were waiting unacceptable lengths of time for emergency department treatment. This was not conducive to good care.
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