It came on the heels of Wednesday’s first hearing on the Labor-led Senate investigation into the surge in ambulances — where paramedics remain stuck outside hospitals waiting hours to unload patients.
The investigation heard that patients had a 10 percent greater chance of dying within seven days of admission after experiencing a delay in admission.
A story of desperation from the frontline at a Western Sydney hospital
Dr. James Tadros: “I spent hours trying to treat an 88-year-old woman with kidney failure who had been waiting for six hours. I had to go out into the waiting room to take her in a wheelchair, found her lying in three chairs and some passers-by were helping her daughter move her slowly because she was so weak. This is basically a third world. They just keep prioritizing ambulance transport of those who aren’t the sickest. It only took me 20 minutes to get her in a wheelchair and then drive her around to find a place to see her.”
Dr. Pramod Chandro: “What a use of time.”
Dr. Tadros: “The nurses can’t start anything for this woman while she’s there. They can’t give any slow intravenous fluids, but she’s 88 so a liquid shot will put her in pulmonary edema and might kill her. Maybe it’ll save her a bed. I just wrote 500ml to try to do something for her.”
[Twelve hours after she first presented, six hours after she was first seen]
Dr. Tadros: “Remember 88? Her stomach is full of metastatic cancer of unknown primary. Twelve hours later, I finally slept in time to tell her that she was probably going to die sooner from this. The worst of it was that she and her daughter were so cute the whole time despite taking care of our litter.” Still lacking fluids.”
Dr. Chandro: “God who makes me feel bad.”
Emergency specialist James Tadros was among health professionals, union officials and experts to give candid testimony about the reality of a hospital system they say is failing patients daily.
Dr. Tadros spoke of his disappointment with the health sector, as he read from text messages he sent to a colleague during this year’s shift about his hospital conditions in the “Third World” and “garbage care”.
“They have only continued to prioritize transporting ambulances to those who are not the sickest,” he wrote in his letter, expressing frustration at the delay in treating an 88-year-old patient.
Nurse Kelly Falconer who appeared on the investigation Wednesday.attributed to him:Renee Neuvaiger
The 25-year-old senior nurse, Kelly Falconer, also provided evidence of “third world” cases, adding that the system was failing patients and nurses, forcing them to leave the profession.
In a statement on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for NSW Health said nearly 84 per cent of ambulance patients were taken to the emergency department within 30 minutes, the best in the country.
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Hazard on Thursday visited the Royal Prince Alfred Health One facility in Green Square, which will provide healthcare services outside the hospital when it opens in 2023.
The chief executive of the Sydney Local Health District, Lou Ann Blonden, said the health center is designed to relieve pressure on hospitals and divert non-essential attendance from emergency departments.
Hazzard will attend a meeting of federal, state and provincial health ministers on Thursday to discuss ways to attract people into nursing, after a new National Skills Commission report found registered nurses are the most in-demand skilled workers in a tight labor market, with more than 9,000 job openings.
“I hope to see more positive results in the next few months as the federal government works with all states and territories to deal with these issues,” he said.
“I think there is more that needs to be done across the country in terms of improving patient movement across hospitals.”
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Originally published at Melbourne News Vine
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