Crowded hospitals putting patients at risk: doctors
Seriously ill Victorians are being put at grave risk in overcrowded emergency departments where paramedics are still regularly getting stuck in long queues, doctors warn.
Julia Medew is Health Editor at The Age.
Seriously ill Victorians are being put at grave risk in overcrowded emergency departments where paramedics are still regularly getting stuck in long queues, doctors warn.
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