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It’s not Covid that’s broken our health system, it’s years of neglect | A Victorian doctor
Exhausted health workers are shouldering the burden not only of the pandemic but the lack of structural reform
Recently, I was doing night shift in an emergency department and every single patient I treated tested positive for Covid. But that was not the reason they had presented to hospital. It was routine testing that picked up their infection.
This is the reality of working in an Australian emergency department over the last month. This week it has become especially stressful as the volume of Covid-positive presentations has increased – at least two-to-fourfold. The staff on whom it places strain include cleaners, nurses, administration workers and doctors.
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