Investigation underway after man dies waiting for treatment at East Gippsland hospital
ABCThe head of a regional Victorian health service where a 72-year-old man died following a cardiac arrest he suffered in a bathroom four hours after he was brought to hospital, says he should have been admitted within 40 minutes. Key points: A man was taken to hospital by ambulance and died about four hours later Bairnsdale Regional Health Service and Ambulance Victoria are investigating the death The president of the state's Rural Doctors Association says the health system is under massive stress and system-wide changes are needed Bairnsdale Regional Health chief executive Robyn Hayles said the man arrived at the emergency department via ambulance around noon on Monday at a time when it was experiencing "significant demand". "The gentleman arrived via ambulance but hadn't yet been passed over to our emergency department staff completely," Ms Hayles said. Emergency department '100 per cent full' Ms Hayles said 12 staff were off sick on Monday, six due to COVID. "The ED was 100 per cent full, our beds were 100 per cent full, the beds that were staffed were 100 per cent full and our emergency department was full," she said.
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