How ICU doctors are managing Australia’s most serious cases of COVID-19

Sydney’s Westmead Hospital is at the forefront of the medical response to COVID-19.
But with mounting cases, no proven antiviral therapy and the ever-present fear of acquiring the coronavirus themselves, its doctors are facing challenges.
Professor Tania Sorrell, who leads the Western Sydney Local Health District’s infectious diseases service, shares how it is managing the most serious patients and why she is hopeful the health system can cope with a predicted surge in cases.
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