Nurses call for the MILITARY to be deployed in Australian hospitals to relive ...
Nurses call for the MILITARY to be deployed in Australian hospitals to relive staff as health system 'buckles' under Omicron wave Nurses in Victoria have asked for military support in hospitals across the state Comes as health staff are stretched to the limit due to Omicron strain of Covid Comes after state government recently declared a 'code brown' emergency
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Nurses have called for the military to be deployed in Australian hospitals as the health system continues to struggle with the Omicron strain of Covid-19.
The Victoria's nurses' union are adamant hospitals require urgent military support to keep running after the state government recently declared a 'code brown' emergency.
Deputy Premier James Merlino said the code brown declaration was necessary to provide relief to hospitals struggling to cope with record admission numbers.
'We have reached a point in our healthcare system where it's juggling extreme workforce shortages alongside a vast number of patients with Covid-19 who require
