Limited space, gurneys in QEH emergency department affecting ambulance service
Channel: Barbados Today
Date: 2024-01-04

Delays in patient care at the Accident and Emergency Department (AED) of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) have affected the Emergency Ambulance Service (EAS), consultant head Dr David Byer said on Wednesday as he also called for the service to be decentralised.

The EAS consultant chief shed light on the difficulties faced in transferring patients from ambulance stretchers to gurneys in the AED due to limited space and a shortage of stretchers.

📸: Haroon Greenidge