An independent review of the state’s aeromedical services has recommended a doctor be stationed at the Westpac Rescue Helicopter’s Broadmeadow base from next year.
Service General Manager Richard Jones says while it’s a step in the right direction, he will now lobby the Health Minister for the change to occur before 2014.
“We believe we have a body of evidence and sufficient cases to show that has to happen ASAP.”
The addition would help avoid delays involved with dispatching a Sydney-based helicopter with a doctor onboard to incidents in the Hunter.
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