On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 20:25, Ewen Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > We also have the grey area of Bush Nursing Centres that are clearly not > hospitals but are the best place to head to in an emergency and may be the > difference when you are looking at two equal sized communities. The ten > staff sounds arbitrary. > > Shouldn't the difference be based on the capability of the premises to > resuscitate, handle compound fractures and prolong life until the patient > can be moved to a more appropriate facility rather than a "must have ten > medical staff"? >
Good points, Ewen. Thanks, everyone - you've convinced me that I was looking at it the wrong way & that these type of facilities should stay as hospitals. Further more, should it be defined as "an official hospital or the first > place of medical support in a rural setting"? > You're probably correct but I think we'd have issues changing the main definition of hospital, as it wouldn't suit the Western European / US point of view :-( As Cleary mentioned earlier: "Perhaps the Australian Guidelines should permit the "hospital" tag where that is consistent with usage of the term by the local community, would be a lot easier to do, so I'll make that amendment if there's no major objection? Thanks Graeme
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