The number of people being treated for COVID-19 in hospital in NSW tops 1,000 for the first time since October 2 after the state recorded 18,278 new cases.
The number of people being treated for COVID-19 in hospital in NSW has topped 1,000 for the first time since October 2 after the state recorded 18,278 new cases.
Hospitalisations have risen to 1,066, up from 901 in the previous reporting period, with 83 patients in intensive case.The number of people being treated for COVID-19 in the state’s hospitals has more than trebled in under two weeks, although the number of people in intensive care has increased at a slower rate.
Tired and overworked healthcare workers in NSW were left with no choice but to support reducing the isolation rules for asymptomatic staff deemed close contacts of COVID-19 cases. Under an exemption to the Public Health Order signed by Health Minister Brad Hazzard on Friday night, these staff can now be ordered back to work.
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation NSW president Tony Sara said hospitals were running out of staff and the pressure on the system was enormous."We therefore had to reduce the ISO requirements, we don't agree with it but essentially if the health system is not to collapse then ourselves, the nurses and the HSU [Health Service Union] - we don't have a lot of choice but to agree.
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