A code yellow has been called at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) for the first time in almost a year following a "unified" demand for the emergency response by health unions and the Northern Territory’s peak body for doctors. NT Health released a statement on Tuesday late afternoon saying a code yellow had been declared at RDH and its Palmerston campus, Palmerston Regional Hospital. The statement said both hospitals were experiencing "capacity challenges due to an increase in the number of patients requiring ongoing acute care". "A range of measures have been implemented to ease pressure and improve patient flow and discharges," it said. A NT Health spokesperson said on Wednesday that elective surgery procedures had not been cancelled at either hospital as a result of the code yellow. "We will continue to review and adjust our response as required," they said. By Joseph Hathaway-Wilson for ABC News Northern Territory.
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