AUSTRALIA
Today, 09:04 PM
Source: https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6139980402001
Sydney hospital relocates surgeries to keep beds open for COVID-19 patients
10/03/2020|1min
A major Sydney hospital is being forced to move some surgeries to its private partner as it prepares for an expected influx of coronavirus patients.
Westmead Hospital is moving cardiac surgeries to the private facility to ensure it has intensive care capacity for any COVID-19 cases.
https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6139980402001
AUSTRALIA
Coronavirus COVID-19 clinics open in Perth hospitals for high-risk patients
By Benjamin Gubana
Updated 6 minutes ago
The first of Western Australia’s specialist coronavirus clinics have opened in Perth, with more than 30 people queueing up outside Royal Perth Hospital’s Ainslie House before the clinic even opened its doors this morning.
Key points:
COVID clinics are open from today at three major Perth hospitals
Only people who meet certain criteria should present for testing
The Government may look to extend this to the regions as needed
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-10/coronavirus-covid-19-fever-clinics-open-in-perth/12041968I
Huh....a ‘major Sydney hospital is being forced to move some surgeries to its private partner as it prepares for an expected influx of coronavirus patients’ for ‘just the flu’?
This is very telling.
Hopefully, this measure works out well, for this major Sydney hospital. Praying so.
Dedicated COVID-19 hospitals sounds like a sound idea. I just wonder how workable it would be.