Originally Posted by
Chronic Snoozer
That is disgraceful. Common sense, well it's just something we used to talk about and use. And this quote, if true and in relation to this poor woman's plight, beggars belief -
The story has been blown out of proportion. There was nothing stopping the transfer of this patient to Qld for emergency care. For whatever reason medical staff declined to do this and waited 16hrs for medevac to Sydney:
Brisbane Times understands the woman would not have needed an exemption to travel to Queensland because her case was considered emergency care
Dr Young said emergency care was still being offered to people from northern NSW in the same way it had been throughout the pandemic and before.“Anyone can come across the border in an emergency. The police do not stop ambulances, they do not stop LifeFlight helicopters,” she said.
“Queensland provides emergency services to the northern part of NSW and none of that has changed.”
https://www.smh.com.au/national/quee...28-p55q7e.html