Doctor shortage leaves sexual assault patients waiting hours
Queensland: Delays in treatment add to the trauma of assault, report says
28th June 2019
By AAP,
More doctors will be trained in sexual assault medical examinations in the wake of a Queensland report revealing those affected have been subjected to delays because of a lack of trained staff.
Sexual assault patients are being forced to wait hours in clothes they were attacked in before being assessed at hospitals across the state, an auditor-general’s report has found.
In some cases, they are turned away because staff don't know how to carry out the forensic medical examination needed by police to investigate