'Given that we have not seen the expected surge in hospitalisations, we will not proceed with a CTICC 2 Hospital of Hope expansion at this stage,' Premier Alan Winde said.
‘Given that we have not seen the expected surge in hospitalisations, we will not proceed with a CTICC 2 Hospital of Hope expansion at this stage,’ Premier Alan Winde said.
Winde explained the first estimates about hospital beds expected to be required had been based on information available in April. “As a result, there was a requirement of approximately 7 800 beds at the peak of the pandemic. We had previously worked on a 6 200-bed requirement.” As a result, it is projected that 5 450 beds would be needed at the “peak” should this scenario hold. This is lower than both the original provisioning scenario from April , and the previous NCEM calibration from May .
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