How your postcode can determine the quality of the care you get | Four Corners
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Health Hazard: How your postcode can determine the quality of the care you get.
In this program, Four Corners reveals concerning evidence about the standard of hospital care many Australians are receiving.
Hospitals are supposed to be a place of care where patients are treated by highly trained staff well versed in dealing with emergencies and a vast range of illnesses. But not every hospital is delivering first-class care.
Where you live and the hospital you attend can have a profound effect on the quality of the care you receive.
In our investigation, medical staff are speaking out, calling for improvements to the hospital system after a series of preventable deaths and catastrophic injuries.
The latest health statistics show the rate of potentially avoidable deaths increases the further you go from a major city hospital. And with Australians being encouraged to move out from the city rat race for a sea or tree change the greater the strain on the hospital system, leaving medical staff struggling to cope.
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I'm so sorry for your loss. RIP. Now this time in March 2021, I hope the healthcare system in Australia has improved!
I lost my son due to the failure of a major regional teaching hospital in NSW. The death was investigated and found many systemic issues caused his death. Admission of guilt doesn't bring my son back.
I work in the health field and to be honest where I work it is almost like they gamble and some of the doctors and nurses are incompetent and they will make mistakes w/ out catching their mistakes until is too late. It is so sad but that is the reality
then if u know and u dont speak u are part of the problem.
It literally made me cry...too devestating
I’ve never, in 25 years, been to an emergency dept and had anyone investigate anything. Three times I’ve needed surgery. This isn’t a huge surprise.
This isn’t only in Australia this is everywhere
not everywere at this level. maybe china and north corea. but not in europe as far as i know.
27:39 To be fair, this wasn't simply an ordinary 'infected toenail' but an incredibly aggressive disease, with a high fatality rate even with prompt treatment. However, he indeed may have survived if his treatment wasn't so horrendously bungled.
It's truelly scary now when you go into hospital.
Almost staff-less hospitals.
Dark places.
@ Theo Thistledon - try going to a US hospital (and paying the BILL) and then you have something to complain about.
It's obvious the triage system, medical/nursing staff knowledge failed the patient in this case. Is it a system failure, hospital mismanagement or just pure sloppy medical service? Someone needs to take responsibility to fixing up this mess. Australia is one of the richest countries in the world (member of the world G20), we have the resources to fix this. However, do we have the 'will' to? Australia is the home to smart people, there are no excuses.
Im absolutely floored honestly, the US makes medical mistakes but it's crazy beyond crazy that doctors and nurses can't do simple triage 🤦🏽♀️
I was not in the medical profession, but worked for several anesthetic doctors here in the USA--most of them were drug addicts-- I wonder how much has changed in the (many ) years since.
dhamma58 I work as a medical professional in the US. ALL are subject to random drug screens including the doctors, especially those who have frequent access to the drugs. So you comment to MOST is not accurate at all. The ones with frequent close access to the drugs are screened the most, and those who do test positive, there are severe consequences.
my comment was geared to my experience of 25 to 40 years ago. How things are handled now will certainly be different. Although the example at USC recently does not inspire much confidence.
@@jerriedenham2320 Actually I don't think that happens in Australia. I have experience with one of the Dr's mentioned in this program. To me he seems like he is permanently on something ! It's either that or he just does not care, it could also be both.
Also the hospital he worked at is in a isolated country area that finds it exceptionally difficult to find and keep Dr's. So they can virtually get away with murder. They have had more than their fair share of butchers of Dr's too. The particular Dr mentioned in one of the stories is still working in that community.
Is there any member of parliament goes to Hospital ? someone has to take action soon with the waiting time.
MP's & families would only seek treatment at PRIVATE Hospitals NEVER under the Public Health System.
This is too terrible and shocking! That this could happen in Australia!
it did, im in this video and the man at the start with cardiac arrest is my pop
I'm speechless and that's hard to happen😖😖😖😖
With the current situation with Coronavirus it should tell our politicians that we need more hospitals.
It should never come down to your postcode.
The exact same thing is happening in Sweden and has been happening for several years. Sadly, politicians doesn’t care so the healthcare system continues going in a downward spiral.
Public hospitals across the board are bladly under funded.
what amount is BLADLY
We would rather drive 500km to Adelaide than go to Broken Hill hospital
I hate to imagine the effect that Covid had on this already tragic system. 😢
very Sad
Wow this was Australia
No vitals for 33 HOURS!! OMG.
After seeing this story I would never go into Bega hospital knowing that doctor still worked there one screw up and your off my doctors list permanently
all those reports shoked me. basic monitoring teached at first year of nursing could prevent most of those problem. not only the doctors but also the nurses has to be charged. not taking basic parameters? not monitoring oxigen value in an intubated patient?
Even more shoking, intubation is made by trained doctors, but as nurse u have to verify that is in correct position with using a 50ml air siringe and lissening the chest. if u hear bobbling = u are putting air in the stomach. and anyway, after that an Xray has to be performed to verify the positioning . we're talking of a procedure made in a hospital not in a field.
How could you report state secrets? How did you get the information? SPY or imagination?
Well I wont be going to Broken Hill or Bega now because if anything goes wrong and I need to go to the hospital that will be my demise. Nor will I go to Ayers rock or any other remote place. Its not worth the risk. Maybe tourist operators need to look at the hospital facilities in their region before promoting their tourist destination. I will choose my holidays where there are emergency hospitals with a good record. Politicians must be forced to go the public hospitals too. If they have private cover their fees should be double. When the libs are in power balancing the books is the priority. Yes the debt is reduced but at what cost to humans lives in the community. When labour is in they have a more humanitarian approach. Which will it be more national debt or a balanced budget. With the Libs the Money god wins again as always. With Labour the national debt increases. I think debt is a better option.
make me crying see the low government go cut back money for a hospital in Australia
living in Australia bush as taking 1hrs travel each get closed hospital
maybe they should contact me i have two horror stories to tell one that end the life of my mother back in 2011 with a 3rd yr medical student at Frankston didn't listen and how the a female ambo didn't want to take my da to Frankston cause he wasn't showing any signs of a heart condition but he had a double byass and 2 stints already but he has never had a heart tack and never had the normal systems that are suppose to go with one but i new there was something wrong and i was right
Not to make light of the situation....
@ 10:40 someone should have told this woman that her blazer's button placement is, errmm, not great.
Don't live in the country then sheesh
Yeah because life is that simple isn't it..............No shitforbrains it isn't. Big city hospitals are just as bad.