Burns units in Australia and New Zealand are awaiting an urgent delivery of more than a million centimetres of donor skin as the surviving Australian victims begin to arrive home for treatment
The first four victims arrived in Sydney overnight on Wednesday. Three were transferred to Concord Hospital, and one was sent to Royal North Shore Hospital.
NSW Health has offered to help the New Zealand government organise the return of the injured adult patients, she said. "Our thoughts are with all the families and first responders who have been impacted by this devastating event."The disaster has put enormous pressure on New Zealand's hospital system, and it will also put pressure on Australian burns units.More than 1.
The donor skin acts as a type of temporary biological dressing for serious burns patients as their own skin grows for grafting later on.
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