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'It's a crisis' – Overwhelmed ED staff in New Zealand hospitals often in tears, experts say
“We’re not sure why there’s been this incredible surge, Dunedin hospital has gone into code black, hospitals across the country are overflowing, I believe this is a crisis,” Hamilton-based Bonning said.
“I have a national view of what’s going on, I’ve spoken to a number of people throughout the country, stories from Wellington Hospital where a 110 per cent of their capacity, patients are admitted but don’t have a ward bed to go to.
“Middlemore Hospital had 60 people waiting for inpatient beds in their department the other morning, Auckland Hospital, 40 patients.
“Christchurch has a new ED and half of it can’t be opened because it can’t be staffed, Waikato Hospital 96 patients in 69 bed spaces at 9 o’clock in the evening a week or two ago.”
Bonning said the incredible pressure was leading to adverse patient outcomes.
“It’s unprecedented input and numbers of people turning up, it may be something to do with unmet need during the pandemic,” he said.
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/its-crisis-overwhelmed-ed-staff-in-hospitals-often-tears-experts-say [tvnz.co.nz]
