Staff at the Friendlies Hospital Bundaberg celebrate the emergency department’s first birthday. The Friendlies Bundaberg has celebrated the first anniversary of its emergency department which has treated more than 9000 patients since opening. Celebrating the milestone, Friendly Society’s senior manager of business development Stuart Bonnett said the emergency department had been well received by the Bundaberg community. Private Emergency Health Australia director Josh Derrington has been involved since the emergency department reopened one year ago. Mr Derrington said he was incredibly proud of how the department had not only operated, but also how it was received by the Bundaberg community. “It has been going really well with a much higher presentation than we had expected,” Mr Derrington said. “The community has supported it and we are very grateful.” Mr Derrington said the previous after-hours emergency had dwindled after it became harder to organise. “Predominantly we have specialist, high-level doctors […]