David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the senator for her question. We are exchanging assessment reports with our US, Canadian, New Zealand and Japanese counterparts in terms of assessing the priorities in this area. The Australian medical assessment team contingent deployed consists of 36 health professionals from Darwin, Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales, a 50-bed deployable hospital, an X-ray facility, two operating theatres, medical supplies to treat up to 4,000 people and to perform up to 200 operations, five triage outpatient tents, and food and water purification equipment to ensure that the team is self-sufficient for up to 14 days.

The deployment will be coordinated by the Commonwealth funded National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre based in Darwin. The team is made up of eight doctors including two surgeons, two anaesthetists, 15 nurses, four paramedics, one environmental health officer, one pharmacist, one radiographer, six logisticians from the Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service. The aircraft also transported a Royal Australian Air Force mobile ambo team. (Time expired)