Doctors are pleading with Queensland’s adults to act their age this Christmas and keep out of the state’s hectic emergency departments.
ED admissions are increasing by 3.2 percent a year in Queensland and typically spike over the Christmas break.
Last December Queensland ED admissions were three percent higher than the monthly average for 2016 – meaning doctors and nurses treated an extra 3,500 patients.
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