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 good”.
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.
“We’ve got to act in our national interest, but I think we are unlikely to face the kind of scenario that’s going on there because of the decisions of our national government and our state government’s in protecting us,” Dr Khorshid said.
“So those stockpiles of equipment that were brought in thinking we were going to face what was going on in Italy at the time, they’re very unlikely to be needed.
“I think they should be sent where they can do some good because they’re certainly not doing any good sitting in warehouses”.