| 24/7 emergency care for more regional areas |
Four regional hospitals now have a
doctor ‘on the floor’ for 12 hours in their Emergency Departments, and a
further 12-hour ‘close call cover’, thanks to the State Government’s
Southern Inland Health Initiative (SIHI). Health Minister Kim Hames said today Esperance, Northam, Merredin and Narrogin hospitals had ‘on the floor cover’ and a ‘close on call doctor’, while Manjimup/Bridgetown, Collie and Katanning now had a ‘close on call doctor’ (a doctor within 10 minutes of the hospital) round-the-clock. |
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