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Gold Coast hospital moves patients from wards to hotel

By ABC NEWS (Australia)

Published : Aug. 2, 2024 - 17:17

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The Gold Coast University hospital has become the first public health service in Australia to outsource patient care to a hotel. Administrators say it has helped ease pressure on busy emergency departments but the ama has described it as a short-term fix which exposes the underlying funding problems faced by the public health system.