A prominent story making the news this week was the story of the woman forced to endure a stillbirth in a toilet at Sydney’s Royal North Shore hospital, after waiting in the emergency ward for two hours. That story was followed by another almost identitcle to it, and that was followed by exerts saying most hospitals were struggling to cope--with a lack of resources and over-stretched staff.

What’s been your experience? Maybe you’ve been a patient waiting in an emergency ward; how long did you have to wait to be seen? Maybe you work in a hospital - I’d especially like to hear from you if you’re a doctor, nurse or some other kind of medical professional. What kind of conditions are you working under? Has your job become more stressful than it was say, a decade ago?