Patients were facing long waits at the Lyell McEwin Hospital emergency department in early September, according to a report the doctors' union submitted to Safework SA.
The SA government says 20 more beds will open at the hospital on Monday in a bid to ease pressure on the hospital's emergency department.
A representative of the South Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Association visited the Lyell McEwin Hospital on September 8 and submitted the allegations in a report to SafeWork SA.
In response, the state government announced on Friday an additional 20 beds would open at the Lyell McEwin Hospital the following week.
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In the report, the union representative said on that day, more than 100 people were seeking medical care at the emergency department, which has a capacity of 51 patients. Public hospitals fall under the jurisdiction of the state government.
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Headline as published: 'Makeshift' treatment areas and long waits reported at major Adelaide hospital ED
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Patients were facing long waits at the Lyell McEwin Hospital emergency department in early September, according to a report the doctors' union submitted to Safework SA.
The South Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Association says the situation was "distressing" for patients and health workers.
The SA government says 20 more beds will open at the hospital on Monday in a bid to ease pressure on the hospital's emergency department.
Patients waited more than 13 hours to be treated at the biggest emergency department in Adelaide's northern suburbs, which has been operating at "crisis" levels for months, according to SA's doctors' union.
A representative of the South Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Association visited the Lyell McEwin Hospital on September 8 and submitted the allegations in a report to SafeWork SA.
In the report, the union representative said on that day, more than 100 people were seeking medical care at the emergency department, which has a capacity of 51 patients.
On Friday, SA Health Minister Blair Boyer apologised to the patients left waiting hours for treatment at the hospital.
In response, the state government announced on Friday an additional 20 beds would open at the Lyell McEwin Hospital the following week.
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