Medical warehouse blaze to have 'significant' impact on NT health system, government says

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Medical warehouse blaze to have 'significant' impact on NT health system, government says
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A massive fire that tore through a medical supplies warehouse in Darwin has triggered a 'system-wide' response from the Northern Territory health department.

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The warehouse in the suburb of Berrimah was filled with critical daily supplies for hospitals across the Top End, including emergency medical equipment, disposable sheets for surgeries, gloves and plaster."To both our system and also the cost, but all of that is too early to tell the total figures," she said.

Fire and emergency services said on Sunday the fire caused about $30 million worth of damage to property and supplies, but Ms Fyles today said that figure was still being substantiated.Firefighters remained at the scene on Monday morning, as it continued to smoulder.The warehouse supplied the Royal Darwin, Palmerston, Katherine and Gove Hospitals.

"We're now working through what supplies we have in other warehouses, what supplies we have within our hospitals," Ms Fyles said. "So it might be that we have some supplies we can shift to different locations – all of that's being worked through."

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