“The fact a transfer of care was considered by the hospital is even more concerning … this case requires local escalation asap so the hospital can review their performance.”
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According to a Gold Coast Health spokesperson the patient was triaged appropriately and assessed immediately on arrival at the Emergency Department.
“Initially, the patient was under the care of ambulance paramedics inside the hospital,” they said.
“At Gold Coast Health, no patients are left in the back of an ambulance …
“The patient was in a bed at the time they suffered a medical episode and received immediate emergency care.”
Before the case was revealed, the state’s LNP opposition was already calling for Health Minister Shannon Fentiman to be sacked.
“Shannon Fentiman can invent new metrics, wash the data and change the narrative – but that won’t change the fact ambulance ramping in Queensland is the worst in the nation and under Fentiman it is now the worst in history,” Opposition health spokeswoman Ros Bates said.
Premier Steven Miles said Queensland Health was performing better on some measures, but he acknowledged “there continues to be challenges in reducing the ‘patient off stretcher’ time”.
“That’s in part driven, or actually all driven, by a massive increase in the criticality of patients, or higher acuity patients, but also just more of them,” Miles told reporters on Monday.
In response to Bates’ comments, Miles said the LNP had a history of sacking people “but that’s not the solution in Queensland Health”.
“And I proudly stand by the work of our health minister,” Miles said.
The issue will be raised in question time when parliament resumes on Tuesday.
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