House debates Questions without Notice

COVID-19: Hospitals

Thursday, 2 September 2021 House of Representatives

Mike Freelander

Mike Freelander Macarthur, Australian Labor Party

2:36 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. Intensive care at Liverpool Hospital is already beyond capacity, with COVID patients being sent to other hospitals as far away as Wollongong. There are extra ventilators, yes, but not enough ICU nurses to run them. Why is training and recruitment of additional intensive care nurses only happening now, 18 months into the pandemic?

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