A TEENAGER found unconscious and face down in the Gold Coast seaway is “super lucky” to be alive after he was spotted by boaties and dragged to safety.
A Gold Coast lawyer says that the ongoing crises involving violent patients attacking hospital staff face an unexpected new risk – frustration with delays in virus testing queues.
Lawyer Bruce Simmonds says first line health defenders fear they will become punching bags as nervous people queue for hours in sweltering heat at COVID testing centres.
‘Three new Covid testing clinics have been opened on the Gold Coast after more locals waited for hours to be swabbed. Staff numbers will also be boosted and opening hours expanded across the state to meet the demand as Queenslanders respond to calls for wider testing.