Unsustainable socialized OZschwitz medicine: Doctors warn of closure of emergency departments

DOCTORS are fearing emergency departments will soon be pared back or closed as hospitals continue to slash services due to damaging budget cuts.

President of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Dr Anthony Cross said doctors were extremely worried emergency departments at the Angliss Hospital in Ferntree Gully, Sandringham Hospital, and Casey Hospital in Berwick could be partially closed or shut down due to a lack of funding.

While no health service has announced this, Dr Cross said it is believed hospital executives are reviewing these departments to see if they can cut costs. He warned any emergency department closures would force people to travel further for care, putting lives at risk.

''If beds, staff or services are cut from one hospital, all those patients have to go somewhere else,'' Dr Cross said. ''This will lead to even more overburdened, overcrowded emergency departments filled with patients who can't be admitted because there are no beds, and can't be discharged because they are too ill.''

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/health/doctors-warn-of-closure-of-emergency-departments-20130125-2dcc8.html#ixzz2J2vw5dcL

Unsustainable socialized OZschwitz medicine: Doctors warn of closure of emergency departments

Unsustainable socialized OZschwitz medicine: Doctors warn of closure of emergency departments

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