In that last six days at the RHH there have been two category 4 escalations, four violent events and all elective surgeries have been cancelled.
There is nothing in the State Budget to prevent the imminent winter flu crisis, and subsequent overcrowding, at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
The Coronial inquest into the 2015 death of a Royal Hobart Hospital patient found it could have been prevented.
Last night in the Royal Hobart Hospital, 17 out of 27 patients were waiting for over 12 hours for a bed.
I rise to put some more context to the report the Minister for Health conducted last year as part of the patients' access initiative Patients First.
The report of the expert review on the State's two biggest hospitals was handed to the Health Minister last August.
Health Minister, Michael Ferguson, needs to take his fingers out of his ears and start listening to the doctors and nurses in the Royal Hobart Hospital.
Senior clinical staff warned Minister Ferguson that the reduction in Medical Ward beds at the decant is a serious risk to patient safety.
The public record states that 9 out of 11 specialists from the Launceston General Hospital's Emergency Department have resigned.