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The state’s hospital watchdog has serious concerns about a lack of paediatric expertise, warning it had become normal for clinicians to treat children “outside of their comfort zone”.
Bed-block and increased ambulance ramping have been reported in every state and territory in recent months.
Doctors fear that some smaller emergency departments, particularly in regional Victoria, could be forced to close temporarily because they cannot operate safely due to gaps in their rosters.
Doctors fear that some smaller emergency departments, particularly in regional Victoria, could be forced to close temporarily because they cannot operate safely due to gaps in their rosters.
As health workers brace for another COVID-19 surge, hospitals are expanding emergency departments, adding temporary negative airflow rooms and introducing new roles to help paramedics offload patients.