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New helipad location picked for Launceston General Hospital after snap closure of original site

The approximate location of the new emergency helipad (blue) and the existing, unused helipad (red). (Supplied: Nearmap)

A new location for a helipad at Tasmania's second-largest hospital has been identified after the previous one had to be mothballed.

Last month the Launceston General Hospital's helipad in Ockerby Gardens, next to the hospital, was shut down because it did not meet size, location and lighting requirements under updated Civil Aviation Safety Authority guidelines.

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