The decision to treat patients for minor injuries and coughs and colds at the Mount Isa Rotary Mount Isa Mines Rodeo was a sound one, said North West Hospital and Health Service Chief Executive, Lisa Davies Jones.
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“We had 45 presentations to the field clinic over the weekend, staffed by our doctors and nurses from our Emergency Department – that meant 45 fewer people turning up to our Emergency Department, which was busy enough over the weekend,” Ms Davies Jones said.
The Emergency Department at Mount Isa Hospital had 327 presentations from Friday to Sunday August 10-12, averaging just over 100 a day, 36 percent more than on a normal weekend.
“Fortunately, there was only one influenza presentation, so we have had an easier time than last year, when the flu season peaked exactly on Rodeo weekend,” Ms Davies Jones said.
Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
