The NSW doctors’ strike to hit RPA, Westmead, more hospitals
Hundreds of patients have been said that their planned surgical interventions will not go on in the next three days since some of Sydney’s most demanding hospitals Arms for an unprecedented doctors strike.
On Monday, the Minister of Health Ryan Park asked all non-urgent patients to avoid the state emergency departments in the next three days and has again urged the Union of Medici-the Australian Medical Federation of the NSW (ASMOF) of Australian medical officers, cancel the strike.
“No choice”: specialist in intensive care and union delegate Dr Behny Samadi.Credit: Thomas Wielecki
“I am not going to pretend … thousands of doctors can withdraw their work and their jobs, and this will not have an impact on the emergency departments and elective surgery across the line,” Park said.
“This alone will see that hundreds of people have an important surgery that changes life … if someone can tell me that it will not have an impact on the patient’s well -being and patient security, therefore they manage a different health system.”
Park said he was very worried about the impact of the strike on Westmead, St George, Royal Prince Alfred and Prince of Wales Hospital: large tertiary hospitals with Emergency departments engaged.
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A Senior doctor in Westmead, who asked for the anonymity to speak freely of the internal discussions, said that about 400 doctors at the hospital had recorded for strike but would have been available for work shifts while maintaining emergency services.
“(The doctors) may not come to work during the day, but if they are of my call after now, they will present themselves for those shifts and if they want to participate in the strikes, they would take agreements to have someone for them,” said the doctor.
