One of Australia s most wanted men was arrested in the Swan River in Perth after he allegedly fled police like a blood-soaked terminator despite being tasered five times.
A manhunt is underway for the most wanted in Western Australia after he went on the run through a residential neighbourhood after being tasered five times and covered in blood.
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As calls for the state’s Health Minister to resign mounted this week following the death of young Aishwarya Aswath,
WAtoday can now reveal staff at two major Perth hospitals again called ‘code yellows’, overwhelmed by the demand for beds.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital declared the internal emergency on Monday, and again on Tuesday. So did Fiona Stanley Hospital on Tuesday, as nurses told of serious understaffing in wards.
Health Minister Roger Cook has been under fire over the resourcing of WA hospitals.
On Friday, both facilities had several ambulances ramped outside as they struggled with a steady stream of high priority patients rolling into emergency departments.
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Nurses at Perth Children s Hospital warned management in December understaffing was compromising patient safety and it would take a catastrophic incident before anything changed, their union says.
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They say the government needs to admit the hospital system is in crisis
WA s Health Minister says Aishwarya was overlooked before her death
The role of nurses and other staff at the hospital is under intense scrutiny after the parents of a seven-year-old girl pleaded desperately with emergency department reception staff for her to be urgently treated before she died on the weekend.
Aishwarya Aswath s parents said they rushed her to the hospital at about 5pm on Saturday after she developed a fever the day before, and begged for help four or five times when her hands went cold and her eyes went cloudy.
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