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Victoria’s hospitals will hit capacity within weeks if coronavirus numbers don’t ease, emergency doctor warns – ABC News
A health system already under stress could reach capacity within weeks as coronavirus cases grow and more aged care residents find their way into Victoria’s hospitals, according to one emergency doctor.
Victoria’s hospitals are likely to reach capacity within weeks, an emergency doctor in Melbourne has warned.
Key points:
- Too many healthy aged care residents are being transferred to hospital, Dr Sarah Whitelaw says
- She says the biggest problem facing Victoria’s health system is the number of healthcare workers contracting coronavirus
- Dr Sanjaya Senanayake says while hospitals are under stress they still had capacity to cope
Dr Sarah Whitelaw said hospitals w…
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