‘I’m tired because nobody’s listening’ about the lack of PPE
Melbourne GP Dr Mukesh Haikerwal has made an impassioned plea on national daytime TV for the state and federal governments to start taking care of health workers.
A high-profile Melbourne GP working on the COVID-19 front line says he’s tired of making appeals to governments for more personal protective equipment (PPE) when his requests continue to fall on deaf ears.
Former AMA president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, who has a respiratory clinic set up at his practice in Altona North, said PPE supply had been “very patchy” despite the “dire” situation in Victoria.
He said about 50 anaesthetists and GPs came to his clinic last weekend to collect visors – which had been donated by a charity – because of inadequate official supplies.
“That’s ridiculous that we have to do it that way,” Dr Haikerwal told the Today show earlier this week.
