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LATROBE Regional Hospital is gearing up manage Gippsland’s COVID-19 patients, with modelling suggesting there could be demand for 50 inpatient beds and 15 intensive care unit beds at the peak of this wave. LRH chief executive Don McRae said there would initially be nine inpatient beds and two intensive care unit beds — with the capacity to scale up to 64 inpatient beds and 30 ICU beds. He said there would be a ventilator available for each ICU bed. LRH is the designated ‘streaming’ hospital for Gippsland, taking in COVID-19 patients, including those from Sale, Bairnsdale and further east. Mr McRae said if there was spare capacity, the hospital may also be expected to help out with any overflow from the metropolitan area, given the challenges already being faced by Melbourne hospitals. A birthing room has also been created for COVID-positive women who need to have their baby delivered “in an emergency”. But LRH is not a streaming hospital for birthing women who are COVID-19 positive — they will continue to be supported by Monash Health. Women who do not have COVID-19 will still be able to have their baby at LRH. Mr McRae said the planning to make LRH a streaming hospital had been underway for the past month, and would “build upon the processes that were established in 2020-21”. “Planning, however, has shifted towards better managing the Delta variant, which is airborne” he said. “While our systems were robust to handle last year’s variant, Delta is much more infectious and Continued page 3
Sale cancer survivor Angela Jones is imploring people to keep up with their health checks and not put them off during the pandemic, and to get vaccinated if they can to protect vulnerable people. Full story, page 8. Photo: Julianne Langshaw
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