Wagga Base Emergency Department seeing an increase in patients
Latest performance stats released
Emergency departments across the Murrumbidgee Local Health District saw an increase in demand from January to March this year, up 1.4% compared to the previous year.
At Wagga Base Hospital, there was an 8.8% increase in presentations to the Emergency Department compared to the same quarter last year, and 68.3% of them left within the recommended 4 hours.
According to figures from the Bureau of Health Information, that’s down 1.6% on the same quarter last year, and lower than the state average of 74.4%.