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AMA raises serious concerns over state’s plan to treat COVID patients

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The WA branch of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has raised serious concerns over the state’s plan to treat COVID-19 patients once the borders are open.

The current plan would see patients diagnosed with COVID-19 treated in the hospital in which they present, rather than moved to a dedicated COVID-19 hospital.

AMA WA President, Dr Mark Duncan-Smith told Gary Adshead it could have dire consequences.

“What that means is that COVID positive cases will get spread around the hospitals, and there’s potential cross-infections,” he said on 6PR Mornings.

“What was trialled in Victoria with variable reports of success, was to actually screen patients … but you’d have hospitals that purely only deal with COVID at least only initially, to keep the other hospitals clean so they can carry on with business as usual.”

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