Twelve months have passed since a critical shortage of nurses forced to the closure of all but one inpatient bed at Nyngan’s hospital and despite ongoing efforts the situation remains unresolved.
Five of the six inpatient beds at Nyngan MPS remain closed as well as 10 of the 36 beds in the attached residential aged care facility, the Mick Glennie Hostel.
The situation has been an ongoing source of frustration within the community with sick and elderly residents being transferred to other hospitals and aged care facilities more than 150km away for care…