Background Briefing
'People will die': Country hospital fears it won't cope with coronavirus
Apr 4, 2020
38:35
What does it take to prepare for a pandemic?
Many hospitals around the world are already overwhelmed by patients infected with COVID-19.
Australian doctors and nurses are bracing for something most of them have never faced before.
In our country hospitals, resources are already stretched: beds are in short supply and there’s a greater proportion of older people.
Preparation will, in many cases, be the difference between life and death.
ABC National Regional Reporter Jess Davis takes us inside the Wimmera Base Hospital in Horsham, Victoria, as the team tries to prepare for the unimaginable.
