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UPDATED: The state’s Chief Psychiatrist says SA Health is investigating a spike in the number of people attempting to take their lives inside hospitals since January, coinciding with strict infection control rules amid the Omicron peak.
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The Malinauskas Government says it will push to legislate nurse-to-patient ratios across state hospitals during its first term in government, as the Premier outlined recruitment targets to fulfill his party’s election pledges on health.
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There were 42 serious emergencies left uncovered across South Australia overnight with some patients waiting more than six hours for an ambulance to arrive, the paramedics union says, as the ambulance service concedes it is “undoubtedly facing unprecedented demand”.
Emergency doctors fear the state’s hospitals will be “overrun” as COVID cases rise, saying there is a lack of detail about plans to cope but their pleas for information are being ignored.
The Australian Medical Association, Doherty Institute and Burnet Institute have all called for Australia to reopen from the COVID pandemic slowly, warning again of major strain on hospitals and rising death tolls even after 80 per cent of over-16s have been vaccinated.
Emergency doctors say South Australia’s embattled healthcare system is “not adequately prepared” to cope with an inevitable COVID outbreak once the state begins opening its borders.
Australia’s hospitals will come under scrutiny at a meeting of national cabinet today, amid concern the health system will struggle to cope with rising COVID-19 cases.
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