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My last experience of A&E in Sydney, June 3rd in a public hospital, suggested they (NSW health system) aren’t coping. I watched an admitted person being cannulated in the waiting room. Every interim bed was full. Triage staff were stood by rather than continuing to see new arrivals when an ambulance was expected with an urgent case - there was 9/10 of no extra capacity.

Whether staff are genuinely unwell, or burnt out, or following what are slightly odd rules wrt the actual Covid situation, I don’t know. But it contrasted quite poorly with my admission last November to the same facility. As someone who prefers to be a “doer” and not a “watcher” it was unhappy to be in a position where I could not help, I wasn’t even in a state to distract nervous arrivals with idle conversation.