Warrnambool Base Hospital emergency department regularly overflowing

Ben Silvester
Kyra Gillespie
Updated April 22 2022 - 6:33pm, first published 4:15pm
A doctor said he had been forced to examine patients in corridors and worried about missing important diagnoses without proper space and lighting. Picture: Anthony Brady
A doctor said he had been forced to examine patients in corridors and worried about missing important diagnoses without proper space and lighting. Picture: Anthony Brady

THE city's hospital is looking for ways to expand its undersized emergency department, which has been regularly exceeding capacity, The Standard can reveal, forcing patients to be treated in corridors.

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Ben Silvester

Ben Silvester

Victorian state correspondent

Correspondent covering key issues across regional Victoria, based in Melbourne.

Kyra Gillespie

Kyra Gillespie

Journalist

Multi-platform journalist and digital / social producer for Australian Community Media, covering all the latest news across south-west Victoria. Got a news tip? Get in touch: kyra.gillespie@austcommunitymedia.com.au | 0475 951 618

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