<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 20:25, Ewen Hill <<a href="mailto:ewen.hill@gmail.com">ewen.hill@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We also have the grey area of Bush Nursing Centres that are clearly not hospitals but are the best place to head to in an emergency and may be the difference when you are looking at two equal sized communities. The ten staff sounds arbitrary. <div><br></div><div>Shouldn't the difference be based on the capability of the premises to resuscitate, handle compound fractures and prolong life until the patient can be moved to a more appropriate facility rather than a "must have ten medical staff"?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Good points, Ewen. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, everyone - you've convinced me that I was looking at it the wrong way & that these type of facilities should stay as hospitals.</div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div> Further more, should it be defined as "an official hospital or the first place of medical support in a rural setting"?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You're probably correct but I think we'd have issues changing the main definition of hospital, as it wouldn't suit the Western European / US point of view :-( <br></div><div><br></div><div>As Cleary mentioned earlier: "Perhaps the Australian Guidelines should permit the "hospital" tag where
that is consistent with usage of the term by the local community, would be a lot easier to do, so I'll make that amendment if there's no major objection? <br></div><div><br></div><div>
Thanks<div><br></div><div>Graeme</div></div><br></div></div>