Medical expert raises concerns of bottlenecks in hospitals straining under the surge of Covid patients, as has happened in outbreaks overseas
Doctors are warning that hospital emergency departments in New South Wales will face almost five times the number of Covid patients than intensive care wards, as the sector calls for a coordinated approach to manage surging demand.
Modelling undertaken by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine suggests that almost 20% of Covid cases will present to emergency departments and between 15% and 17% of these cases will be admitted into general wards, with less than 5% going into intensive care.
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