Australian Medical Association President Dr Omar Khorshid says Australia should send some of its stockpiles of unused medical equipment such as ventilators to India where they can “do some goodтАЭ.
India recorded more than a million new COVID-19 cases in the past three days and overwhelmed hospitals are running out of oxygen and struggling to source basic medical supplies.
тАЬWeтАЩve got to act in our national interest, but I think we are unlikely to face the kind of scenario thatтАЩs going on there because of the decisions of our national government and our state governmentтАЩs in protecting us,тАЭ Dr Khorshid said.
тАЬSo those stockpiles of equipment that were brought in thinking we were going to face what was going on in Italy at the time, theyтАЩre very unlikely to be needed.
тАЬI think they should be sent where they can do some good because theyтАЩre certainly not doing any good sitting in warehousesтАЭ.
