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Saturday, September 19

Govt and doctors bicker over move to unclog emergency departments

The Health Minister has disputed doctors’ claims that the State Government didn’t properly consult them before rolling out a strategy to divert patients from public hospitals as ambulance ramping reached record highs.

Your views: on ramping and hospital bed cuts

Today, readers comment on the closure of 60 public hospital beds, while ambulance ramping outside reaches record heights.

Never mind the ramping, here's the hospital bed cuts

Days after revealing that ramping outside Adelaide public hospitals had reached a record high 2303 hours in September, the State Government is closing 32 beds at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and 16 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Ambulances spent 2303 hours ramped outside Adelaide hospitals last month

Patients were forced to wait in ambulances outside Adelaide’s crowded public hospital emergency departments for a staggering 2303 hours in September – the worst ramping figures in the state’s history.