Monday: ‘Hellhole’ conditions forcing NSW nursing staff to sedate patients more. Plus: Australia now sixth on Paralympics medal table
Good morning. Overworked Sydney intensive care nurses are increasing sedative doses to their maximum allowed dose for some patients, in order to manage their workload due to an increased strain on hospitals from the Delta outbreak. Guardian Australia does not suggest the nurses have administered sedatives their patients were not already prescribed by a doctor. On Sunday, as NSW reported 1,218 new infections on the worst day yet of the pandemic, there were 813 Covid patients in hospitals across NSW, 256 more than the previous week. There are now 126 people in intensive care, with 54 on ventilators.
Australians over 59, who currently are only eligible for the AstraZeneca Covid jab, could have to wait for months to get a choice of vaccines, despite Atagi calling on the government to consider making mRNA vaccines available to them. Pfizer vaccines will be available to Australians over 16 starting from today, and to 12- to 15-year-olds from 13 September. The health minister, Greg Hunt, said Moderna would be approved for 12- to 17-year-olds within two weeks.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/aug/30/morning-mail-sydney-icu-nurses-under-strain-kabul-safe-zone-plan-paralympics-gold
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