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Sick or injured Aussies avoiding emergency departments during COVID-19 – The New Daily
Australians have been putting off visiting the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic, but mental health issues are rising, data shows.
Australians have been putting off visiting the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers warn.
But more people are going to hospital with mental health issues.
The researchers, from The University of Sydney, analysed data from four hospitals with emergency departments in the Western Sydney Local Health District.
Their “concerning” findings, published in the Medical Journal of Australia on Monday, show ED presentations from March 29 to May 31 were almost 25 per cent lower …
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