SYDNEY’S SICK PEOPLE
TOO MANY FOR HOSPITALS 16,000 AWAIT ENTRY. (Rec. 8.15) SYDNEY, June 25. Doctors say that there are about sixteen thousand patients waiting for admission to public hospitals in Sydney. The patients are being given priority according to their complaints and they are then put on waiting lists. The waiting lists include cases of ear, nose and throat complaints, also urgent pneumonia and sub-acute appendicitis cases. Most of the hospitals have twice as many patients seeking admission as they have beds available. The reasons for the shortage of accommodation are as follows: Hospital accommodation has not increased with the population. War strain has increased the number of hospital patients. Domestic help in the homes is lacking. There are fewer nurses and fewer lay workers.
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Grey River Argus, 26 June 1946, Page 5
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