Bed shortages in Queensland Hospitals are escalating as the state is getting slammed by the fourth Covid-19 wave, with four hospitals now in a Tier 3 ‘acute’ activation state.
Health experts have urged Queenslanders to help reduce Covid transmission by working from home, while also criticising the lack of transparent government reporting of case numbers.
A man is “furious” that he’s fallen through the cracks at an embattled regional Queensland hospital after he was allegedly not told of his cancer diagnosis or offered treatment options.
The AMA president has placed a $1000 bet on hospitals crumbling under pandemic pressures over the holiday season if further measures aren’t put in place.
Covid cases have exploded to more than 7000 overnight as Queensland’s fourth wave attacks the state’s most vulnerable like never before.
Queensland is in the grip of a fourth Covid-19 wave with authorities confirming a jump in hospitalisations and ambulance call-outs and the presence of a number of Omicron sub-variants that are likely to ‘escape immunity’.
The Sunshine State has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country leaving experts concerned about the impact it will have when the next wave hits.
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Like many Queensland mums, Amy Beasy had to leave home for months when her son Samuel arrived at just 27 weeks. Now she’s campaigning for change.
With no wastewater testing and a dramatic reduction in Covid-19 tests, Queensland is facing a hidden Covid wave. It comes as NSW prepares for a widespread outbreak of cases.
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