Re: That "panacea" of socialized medicine in Australia: Australian news media reports "rough week" as meltdown in governement hospitals continues as manifested by thousands of patients at risk due to insufficient staff to review Xrays in Sydney area

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From: PJ O'Donovan
Date: Saturday, October 06, 2007 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: That "panacea" of socialized medicine in Australia: Australian news media reports "rough week" as meltdown in governement hospitals continues as manifested by thousands of patients at risk due to insufficient staff to review Xrays in Sydney area

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On Oct 6, 10:05 am, PJ O'Donovan wrote:
> /news/national/patients-at-risk/2007/10/05/11910...
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> Excerpt:
> X-ray backlog: patients at risk
> Tough week ... X-rays the latest problem for Reba Meagher.
> Photo: Brendan Esposito
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> Anna Patty
> October 6, 2007
>
> Excerpt:
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> "..Thousands of X-rays and other medical scans are not being
> interpreted by radiologists in Sydney hospitals because of outdated
> technology and a national shortage of radiologists. In some cases
> films and scans have been lost. Liverpool Hospital has confirmed it
> has a backlog of 4500 images that have not been reported on by a
> radiologist. But a radiologist from the hospital, who did not want to
> be named, said the number of X-rays, CAT scans and MRI scans not being
> diagnosed by a radiologist was twice that..."