Victoria calls a 'code brown' for all metro hospitals and six regional health hubs amid staff shortages
Victoria has called a 'code brown' for all metro hospitals and six regional health hubs as the state's hospital system is pushed to the limit by the Omicron outbreak. 'We’ve been saying for some time that our hospital system is under extreme pressure and the risks we’re seeing now in hospitalisations are testament to that.
We’ve reached a point in our health system where it’s juggling severe workforce shortages,' deputy premier James Merlino said. 'We’ve got more than 4,000 health care workers unavailable right now. Alongside a vast amount of patients with Covid-19 who require hospitalisation. Alongside that an extraordinary workforce that are absolutely exhausted.' Victoria recorded 22 Covid-related deaths on Tuesday and 1,152 people in hospital, with 20,180 new coronavirus cases.
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