Patient with hallucinations waits in Sydney hospital ED for five days amid psychiatrists dispute

Some people experiencing psychotic episodes have waited days at an inner-city hospital emergency department, according to a source

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A psychiatric patient having hallucinations waited in a major Sydney emergency department for more than five days amid an ongoing dispute between New South Wales and its psychiatrists.

A patient list from a major inner-city hospital on Monday morning showed the six patients experiencing the highest wait times were all psychiatric patients. The evidence provided by the source had been anonymised.

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