John Fraser

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Bad times.

Not good times, not good times, but have you had any cases yet?

There's a number of cases.

There's no one in intensive care as of yesterday across Queensland.

But there's cases again, we're connected globally now, so the UK started to fill up.

There's a number of patients on ECMO on the UK.

So that's the heart line bypass machine.

Yeah, the artificial lung.

Lots of patients ventilated.

So how many ECMO machines do you have in your unit?

At Prince Charles, I'm not sure the exact number, but they are increasing them and across Queensland there's a capability.

But the question will be if the modelling's right.

Fifteen, twenty percent of people that get COVID become seriously unwell, whether we'll have enough beds to even think of using.

That's what's happening at the moment in the UK.

They're actually talking about despite the fact we know the artificial lung will work, we don't have enough beds or enough staff.

You'll need one nurse, a heavy doctor input, heavy profusionist input, etcetera that's expensive.

There's only a certain number.

So then it becomes distributive just to be able to do that.

Do you start

The group across Metro North, Lydge Rushburg's done a great job.

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