Inside the emergency room at the Royal Melbourne Hospital: Victoria's under-pressure hospitals
A corridor inside the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s emergency department is lined with five people strapped to stretchers.
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A corridor inside the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s emergency department is lined with five people strapped to stretchers.
Senior doctors and nurses say overcrowding in Victoria’s emergency departments is leading to waits of up to 12 hours just to be seen and reports of increasing instances of abuse and aggression from the public.
Some epidemiologists now believe Victoria and NSW could be heading into another lockdown without stronger measures to limit rising case numbers.
Some epidemiologists now believe Victoria and NSW could be heading into another lockdown without stronger measures to limit rising case numbers.
The Australian state of Victoria saw a reduction of new Covid-19 infections by reporting 1,466 new locally acquired cases on Tuesday.The number brought the overall number of active cases to 19,627 when the state is battling the nation's largest ...