âUnbelievableâ: Perth Childrenâs Hospital offers mattress on the floor to boy, 10, tormented by psychosis
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A mother of a 10-year-old boy who suffers epilepsy and has had risky delusional episodes requiring hospital admission was offered a mattress on the floor of Perth Childrenâs Hospital in lieu of a bed on Monday night.
This was despite empty beds being available in the emergency department which were allocated ârespiratory bedsâ for COVID-19, according to the boyâs mother, Suzanne Wakeman.
Suzanne Wakeman had to wait a gruelling seven hours in emergency at PCH with her 10yo son, who has severe epilepsy and experiences delusional episodes.
Unbelievable : Perth Children s Hospital offers mattress on the floor to boy, 10, tormented by psychosis
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‘GP-type’ patients must not be blamed for hospital access block
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This follows a Queensland Government media release indicating 30%-40% of monthly ED presentations were classified as being ‘non-urgent’. Such a statement suggests that EDs are providing GP or pharmacy services to more than one third of people attending, which is simply not the case.
ACEM Queensland Faculty Chair Dr Kim Hansen said the College was concerned this painted an overly simplistic picture which failed to acknowledge the major systemic issues that contribute to hospital access block.