Emergency departments feel the new year pain

By Harriet Alexander and James Robertson
Updated January 10 2015 - 2:09am, first published 12:00am
"The emergency department can't admit patients if there's no flow at the other end. Now everyone is involved": Dr Sellappa Prahalath, with nurse unit manager Daryn Mitford. Photo: Nick Moir
"The emergency department can't admit patients if there's no flow at the other end. Now everyone is involved": Dr Sellappa Prahalath, with nurse unit manager Daryn Mitford. Photo: Nick Moir
"The emergency department can't admit patients if there's no flow at the other end. Now everyone is involved": Dr Sellappa Prahalath, with nurse unit manager Daryn Mitford. Photo: Nick Moir
"The emergency department can't admit patients if there's no flow at the other end. Now everyone is involved": Dr Sellappa Prahalath, with nurse unit manager Daryn Mitford. Photo: Nick Moir
"The emergency department can't admit patients if there's no flow at the other end. Now everyone is involved": Dr Sellappa Prahalath, with nurse unit manager Daryn Mitford. Photo: Nick Moir
"The emergency department can't admit patients if there's no flow at the other end. Now everyone is involved": Dr Sellappa Prahalath, with nurse unit manager Daryn Mitford. Photo: Nick Moir
"The emergency department can't admit patients if there's no flow at the other end. Now everyone is involved": Dr Sellappa Prahalath, with nurse unit manager Daryn Mitford. Photo: Nick Moir
"The emergency department can't admit patients if there's no flow at the other end. Now everyone is involved": Dr Sellappa Prahalath, with nurse unit manager Daryn Mitford. Photo: Nick Moir

Five days after Christmas, the emergency ward at Royal North Shore Hospital was heaving.