State health minister Ryan Park says there have been more than 45,000 presentations to EDs over the past five days Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales health minister has encouraged people to call the health hotline instead of going to emergency departments as a spike in winter illnesses has doctors saying overcrowding is the “worst they have ever seen”. In a statement released Thursday, Ryan Park said there had been more than 45,000 presentations to EDs over the past five days. Continue reading...