Health
‘Well below what’s reasonable’: Death prompts rethink on regional hospitals – Sydney Morning Herald
A local doctor will be rehired in regional NSW after a woman bled to death in the emergency department while being treated via telehealth.
He has called for an inquiry into rural hospitals and access to healthcare. Formal public hearings will commence in 2021.
Many of the postcodes impacted by the changes have significant elderly and Indigenous populations and high rates of disadvantage, with the mortality rate up to 94 per cent higher than the state average.
Mr Park believes regional NSW, where he travelled last week, has come to “accept” a level of healthcare “well below whats reasonable for the rest of the population” and is adamant…
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