Posted on 10/12/2007 7:44:49 PM PDT by radar101
THOUSANDS of Victorians are waiting more than 24 hours - in some cases longer than five days - on hospital trolleys before they can get a bed in a ward.
Figures obtained by Fairfax newspapers show the bed shortage is creating a logjam across the public system.
About 2700 patients are waiting longer than a day in emergency departments in the past financial year.
The Brumby Government's target reveals no patient should spend longer than 24 hours in emergency before being admitted to a ward.
And 57 patients were in an emergency department for three days or longer, the figures show.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Just imagine if they have a flu epidemic!!
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Letting all those freeloading Muzzies in for bennies and welfare was a shrewd move in Australia, Europe, the UK
And also in Canada
And the USA
Yes, they are really ‘thick’ in Canada. Wonder what the ratio is now?
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Somalis in Massachusetts
95% unemployed
For years!
That’s unreal. I just don’t know what’s wrong with our government, federal, state and city, to allow and even promote all this welfare state!
Maybe they are creating the drones.
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