Hospitals waiting for the post Covid-19 surge

Nine To Noon

English - April 21, 2020 21:23 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Covid and cancer, treatment & diagnosis

Next Episode: Witheld millions for General Practice will cause cutbacks

Private hospitals that were forced to defer thousands of operations over fears Covid-19 would overwhelm the health system are preparing to start returning to do normal surgeries under alert level 3, but as well as facing a huge backlog there are mounting fears over squeezed budgets. Private Surgical Hospital Association President is Richard Whitney.