Tasmania's Launceston General Hospital could find permanent air-conditioning solution but beds would need to close, CEO says
With room temperatures reportedly reaching around 30 degrees inside the Launceston General Hospital, staff and patients have ...
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Fury as Launceston Hospital patients kept cool in heatwave with icy poles
Patients at the Launceston General Hospital are reportedly being treated with icy poles in areas with inadequate cooling ...
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Launceston General Hospital urged to upgrade air conditioning system after years of ongoing complaints
Patients and staff have complained for years about inadequate air conditioning in some wards at the Launceston General ...
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Launceston General Hospital staff are angry over cooling
“We are aware of concerns from patients and staff regarding temperature control in D-block – an older part of the Launceston General Hospital site – when the outside air temperature is well ...
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Family of Launceston General Hospital patient shocked by lack of air con in wards
Patients at the Launceston General Hospital in wards without air conditioning have used face washers to cool down as temperatures neared 30C on Monday. The hospital was built in the 1980s and has ...
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Launceston General Hospital staff are angry over cooling
Launceston General Hospital. Picture: Supplied/Rob Burnett Sallyann Geale has watched her father struggle in the heat, he has been a patient in the stroke ward for two weeks. She said patients in ...