No room at Nepean Hospital: mum-to-be Sheeny Smith moved 200km away for an early birth Nepean Hospital. A PREGNANT woman was moved to Newcastle from Penrith because of a lack of resources at Nepean Hospital. Sheeny Smith, who is 30 weeks pregnant, has been in hospital for two weeks at risk of a premature birth, suffering bleeding, contractions and a fever. Husband Lloyd said the family was informed yesterday that his wife would be transferred to John Hunter Hospital because Nepean Hospital could not deliver the baby. "She is a problematic case and the staff have been incredible," Mr Smith said. But they said they don't have enough staff for her to have the baby safely. Western Sydney Local Health District executive director of operations Shaun Drummond said Ms Smith was being moved for her own safety to a hospital with a neo- natal intensive care cot "in the event that her condition requires medical intervention over coming days." Opposition health spokesman Dr Andrew McDonald said it was "completely slack." "This woman should be transferred within Sydney," Dr McDonald said. All this means is that no one is willing to sign off on the overtime for nursing staff. Patients in western Sydney are being treated like second-class citizens. A Bureau of Health Information report released yesterday showed Westmead Hospital saw 25,599 patients last year. While emergency patients experienced a median wait time of 10 minutes for treatment, some waited up to 98 minutes. It found Western Sydney Local Health District - covering Auburn, Blacktown, Mt Druitt and Westmead hospitals - rated worst in the state on treatment times, with patients in the extreme category (those needing urgent care and who should be treated within 10 minutes of arrival) waiting up to 65 minutes for treatment