Royal Adelaide Hospital overcrowding sees patients being treated outside emergency department
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More than a dozen patients at the Royal Adelaide Hospital have been treated outside of the emergency department, due to overcrowding issues.
Ambulance figures show all major hospitals were running at overcapacity over night, but only the Royal Adelaide Hospital had to treat people outside the emergency department.
The incident lasted about three hours.
SA Health refused to call it a 'ramping issue' and insisted patient wellbeing was not compromised.
They will investigate the issue.
A spokesperson for SA Health said most of the patients were presenting with flu symptoms.
Earlier in the month, most non-urgent elective surgery in Adelaide's public hospitals was cancelled and eight patients were transferred to neighbouring regional hospitals.
The measures were part of the public health system's winter demand management plan, and were implemented after the system experienced one of its busiest days this winter.
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