❓ Dr Edwards asked the Minister for Health about the number of people admitted to hospital or treated in emergency departments due to dog bites. The Minister provided data for the 1999/2000 financial year, indicating 859 emergency department presentations and 281 hospital admissions.
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786. Dr EDWARDS to the Minister for Health:
How many people are admitted to hospital or treated in emergency departments as a result of dog bites?
How many people are admitted to hospital or treated in emergency departments as a result of dog bites?
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Answered
14 November 2000
Response time
35 days
The Minister Replied:
Hospitals in the West Australian public sector are at varying stages of introducing emergency department diagnostic data capture systems. However, the majority of hospitals report that during the financial year 1999/2000, 859 people presented to emergency departments in Western Australian hospitals as a result of being bitten by a dog.
In the same period, of the total number of people attending hospital Accident and Emergency departments as a result of being bitten by a dog, 281 were admitted for inpatient treatment.
(Source - Hospital Morbidity Data System)
Hospitals in the West Australian public sector are at varying stages of introducing emergency department diagnostic data capture systems. However, the majority of hospitals report that during the financial year 1999/2000, 859 people presented to emergency departments in Western Australian hospitals as a result of being bitten by a dog.
In the same period, of the total number of people attending hospital Accident and Emergency departments as a result of being bitten by a dog, 281 were admitted for inpatient treatment.
(Source - Hospital Morbidity Data System)
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