Icy poles used to cool down patients as staff are desperate to bring some chill to sweltering hospital wards in Launceston. Read about the concerns. Health and Community Services Union secretary ...

Icy poles used to cool down patients as staff are desperate to bring some chill to sweltering hospital wards in Launceston. Read about the concerns. A spokesperson for the department said the ...

One solution given to staff and patients was to hand out icy poles. “The LGH is also currently reviewing the introduction of additional air conditioning units on impacted wards during periods of ...

The state’s peak health union says handing out icy poles to patients is an inadequate response to the lack of adequate airconditioning in parts of a major public hospital. The Health and ...

The Mercury previously reported that staff handed out icy poles to patients to cool them down. The Department of Health has been contacted for comment. The department had previously said that ...