WA hospitals ‘under pressure’ as Royal Perth, Sir Charles Gairdner face ‘code yellow’ emergencies

The WA government has confirmed two of Perth’s tertiary hospitals — Royal Perth and Sir Charles Gairdner — faced “code yellow” internal emergencies yesterday, meaning the hospitals were struggling to cope with the volume of patients.

“To have two hospitals tip into code yellow on a single day was unusual and is a sign of a system under pressure,” Health Minister Roger Cook said. 

In addition, ambulances were arriving with more patients needing urgent care. 

A third major hospital, Fiona Stanley, was also extremely busy, Mr Cook…