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âA genuine moment of crisisâ: Mental health patients wait days in emergency wards
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Suicidal and psychotic patients spent days waiting in Melbourne emergency department cubicles this week as a shortage of mental health beds was exacerbated by the forced lock down of psychiatric wards at three hospitals.
There were 129 beds temporarily closed to new admissions at The Alfred, the Northern Hospital in Epping and Broadmeadows Hospital because a mental health worker who had worked in all three health services tested positive to COVID-19 and was linked to the Holiday Inn outbreak.
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4.18pm on Feb 20, 2021
New exposure site revealed in Melbourneâs south-eastern suburbs
By Ashleigh McMillan
A new coronavirus exposure site has been revealed in the Melbourne suburb of Bentleigh East, with fresh viral fragment warnings for other parts of the cityâs south-eastern suburbs.
The Department of Health said on Saturday a previously-announced COVID-19 case visited the Coles Express service station on the corner of East Boundary Road, 14 kilometres south-east of the CBD, between 1pm and 1.40pm on Thursday February 18.
Anyone who has visited the exposure site should monitor for symptoms and if symptoms develop, immediately get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result.