Nepean Hospital not 'taken off matrix', paramedics say they were told to avoid emergency department

By Kate Aubusson
Updated February 4 2017 - 11:23am, first published January 17 2017 - 5:18pm
Ambulances were told to avoid Nepean Hospital after the emergency department reached capacity on Monday night. Photo: jason@tnv.com.au
Ambulances were told to avoid Nepean Hospital after the emergency department reached capacity on Monday night. Photo: jason@tnv.com.au
NSW Health says the hospital was not taken "off the matrix". Photo: Rachel Olding
NSW Health says the hospital was not taken "off the matrix". Photo: Rachel Olding

Nepean Hospital issued a stern statement emphatically stating no ambulances were diverted from its emergency department on Monday when the hospital struggled to cope with its huge patient load.