Afternoon edition: Ramping hell: SA EDs descend into ‘Hunger Games’ chaos

Email Claims hospital administrators are overtly and covertly pressuring clinicians to clear beds and prioritise ambulance arrivals is turning EDs into “Hunger Games” scenes, the doctors’ union says.

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