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Elderly patients 'sedated to help them cope with days in emergency' amid Royal Hobart Hospital healthcare crisis

Inside the emergency department of Tasmania's biggest hospital, health workers are doing their best but are operating in "awful conditions" in a system that is failing them, an emergency medicine doctor says.

A rare code yellow was declared at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) this week, and remains in place, signifying an internal crisis that affects service delivery.

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