Children are waiting days for elective surgeries at Sydney's children's hospitals as the health crisis worsens across Australia. 9News
Children are waiting days days for elective surgeries at Sydney's children's hospitals as the health crisis worsens across Australia.
The BHI data also found that nearly 1000 children had their surgeries delayed beyond recommended timeframes. The wait list for sick children needing complex surgeries at the Children's Hospital Westmead have also blown out."operating theaters were just lying in mothballs".The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne were forced to issue an alert last week after experiencing an "unprecedented surge" in demand.
"Instead of opening and staffing them properly they have outsourced the [surgery] lists to the private sector, which ends up costing a lot more than if the hospital would just employ more staff specialists to run the operating theatres." The paper also reports the average wait for urgent elective surgery is five days, while in one example a child had to wait three weeks.also reports the average wait for urgent elective surgery is five days, while in one example a child had to wait three weeks.
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