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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Lucy Bladen

Kids ICU beds to be in hospital expansion but some have concerns

There will be paediatric beds included in the new intensive care unit at Canberra Hospital but the ACT's Health Minister said clinicians had concerns this could "de-skill" workers in the paediatric care team.

Rachel Stephen-Smith said authorities wanted to make sure clinicians could work across both paediatrics and the intensive care unit so children weren't unnecessarily sent between the wards.

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