Ninety per cent of incoming emergency patients to NT hospitals are waiting up to 161 minutes to be seen by medical staff – up from 134 minutes last year – against the national median wait time of just 20 minutes, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Health.
The new data have also revealed that the NT now has the highest rate of incoming emergency patients with more than 181,000 presentations in the 2022-23 financial year, up from 171,000 the previous year.
Sat there all night with the wife, total shambles more interested in giving the the long grasses a blanket than looking after people with a real medical problem