[talk-au] Are Health Centres, hospitals

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 13:22, Michael James <michael at techdrive.com.au> wrote:

>
>
> Not sure QAS offers any walk up facilities anymore, the local one here has
> a phone out the front to call for help.
>

Think it may depend a lot on the size of the town?

On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 13:28, Andrew Davidson <theswavu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I only get 202 for QLD https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/XGU. Are you searching
> for something other than amenity=hospital and healthcare=hospital ?
>

I searched just amenity=hospital.

Maybe I'm mis-reading the results as it came back:
Loaded – nodes: 2092, ways: 159, relations: 4
Displayed – pois: 72, lines: 0, polygons: 150
So does that make 2255 / 222 / or a different tally?

On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 15:11, cleary <osm at 97k.com> wrote:

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>  If this is all the community has and they regard it as their "hospital"
> then I feel reluctant to take it away.
>

Fair enough, & I must admit to having that same thought after I raised it?

The Burketown clinic is NOT a "medical centre". "Medical practitoners"
> (often referred to as "doctors") have a special status in legislation and
> it would usually expected that only registered medical practitioners
> practise in a "medical centre".


I wasn't aware of that? I wonder if that's why a few of them around here
have changed their names over the last while from xxx Medical Centre to xxx
Medical Clinic?

"Amenity=clinic" would probably be the other tag I can suggest, even if the
> Burketown clinic might not satisfy wiki requirements for that tag either.


Until I just looked at the requirements, I wasn't aware of the +/- 10 staff
criteria! I've possibly mapped a few clinics that shouldn't be.

Perhaps the Australian Guidelines should permit the "hospital" tag where
> that is consistent with usage of the term by the local community.


Fair call - once again, comments / thoughts?

Thanks

Graeme
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