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Nurses have had to look after the patients in ED corridors for years but it is now reaching crisis point, a top nurse says. “It is not meant to be used as a space for patient care. With the corridor, often there are no staff assigned to look after them. At the moment we are concerned about the risk of errors.” There are serious problems in providing care in corridors, such as lack of privacy and dignity. It also means there is no space for a sick patient s support person, an issue which impacts older couples who come into the department, she said.
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A male cyclist is in critical condition in Wellington Regional Hospital’s ICU after colliding with a car. (File photo)
A cyclist is in ICU after he collided with a car in Nelson. A police spokesperson said the crash happened in Stoke at the intersection of Titoki and Kauri streets on Thursday night about 7.50pm. The male cyclist was transported by ambulance to Nelson Hospital before being transferred to Wellington Regional Hospital’s ICU. Police said the serious crash unit examined the scene last night and enquiries are ongoing in relation to the cause of the crash.
“There have been some deaths in Australia of people stuck in waiting rooms unable to get into ED because every physical space is full. We are worried.” Investigations are underway after a woman died while waiting more than six hours for an ambulance in Melbourne last week, while in Perth a seven-year-old girl died following a two-hour wait in an emergency department earlier this month.
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Emergency department patients are treated in the corridors of a number of hospitals around the country (File photo) Concerns were particularly acute at Wellington Regional Hospital, which has worst emergency department waits in the country and often has no spare beds.