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Queensland COVID-19 quarantine site proposal at Calliope lashed by veteran GP
A veteran doctor says the nearest hospital to a proposed COVID-19 quarantine site in Queensland will need major upgrades for the plan to be feasible because at the moment it does not have any beds in its intensive care unit.
Key points:
- Workforce accommodation at Calliope, west of Gladstone, has been flagged as a potential quarantine facility
- A retired GP says Gladstone’s health facilities lack ICU beds, specialists, and hosts just one bed in the hospital’s isolation ward
- There is conflicting Federal Government support, while a resource economist says it makes sense for the state’s economy
Retired GP John Bird, who worked in Gladstone for 40 years, also said the city’s hospital lacked an infectious disease specialist and only had one bed…
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