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Influx of COVID cases from PNG sends Cairns Hospital into ‘code yellow’
An internal emergency has been declared at a Queensland hospital as it struggles to cope with an influx of COVID-19 patients from Papua New Guinea.
Cairns Hospital in north Queensland, which is managing a number of COVID-19 patients who had arrived from PNG, declared a code yellow overnight.
A “code yellow” has been declared at Cairns Hospital following in influx of PNG COVID-19 patients.Credit:Brian Cassey
The increase in coronavirus patients came at the same time as a spike in road crash victims, pushing the hospital to capacity.
A Cairns Hospital spokesman said patients could still present to the emergency department.
The hospital’s executive director of medical services, Don Mackie, was expected to address the media on…
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