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Victoria's request for support from the Australian Defence Force to help ease the pressure on ambulance and hospital services due to a spike in Covid case numbers across the state from the Omicron strain has been officially granted.
A total of 20 drivers, as well as additional staff and planners, will be sent to Victoria to support paramedics, Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed on Wednesday.
The development comes as nurses called for the military earlier this week to be deployed in Australian hospitals as the health system struggles to deal with the Omicron strain of Covid-19.
The Victorian nurses' union are adamant hospitals require urgent military support to keep running after the state government declared a 'code brown' emergency on Tuesday.
Deputy Premier James Merlino said the code brown declaration was necessary to help out hospitals as they struggle to cope with record admission numbers.
Nurses in Victoria have called for the military to work out of hospitals as the health system continues to struggle with the Omicron strain of Covid-19
Victoria's nurses' union are adamant hospitals require urgent military support to keep running after the state government declared a 'code brown' emergency on Tuesday (pictured, a paramedic outside St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne)
Victorian Deputy Premier James Merlino said the code brown declaration was necessary to provide relief to hospitals struggling to cope with record admission numbers as Covid cases numbers continue to rise (pictured, Australian Army personnel)
'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 hospitalisation,' Mr
