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As mentioned earlier, state health minister Ryan Park announced overnight that NSW Health is conducting a snap review of “serious hospital maintenance issues”.
So far, Park said, the ongoing review has identified 112 “non-routine" issues. His statement acknowledged reported instances of mosquitos, crickets, beetles and a possum, as well as mould, asbestos and a leaking roof, across a range of hospitals – and added further issues to the list including flies, birds, cockroaches, pigeons, bird live, and more possums.
Patients go to hospital for treatment and care, not to be put in further danger due to toxic mould, or conditions caused by bird droppings and dead pigeons in roof cavities and air-conditioning units.
Hygiene in hospitals is paramount and my heart breaks for the families who have lost loved ones to these illnesses.
One of the distinctions with Iraq, between Iraq and now, is that we are not participating in these strikes. That’s the first point I’d make. The second is, what I’ve said is that the legal basis of this is for the United States and Israel to explain.
We’re obviously not party to the intelligence that both that the United States and the Israelis are referencing in their decisions. That is why it is for them to explain the legal basis of this. We do support action taken to ensure Iran does not have a nuclear weapon.
The future of Iran is in the hands of the Iranian people. And what we do know from history is that regime change is not something that can sustainably be externally imposed.
In relation to Ayatollah Khamenei, as you said, no one will mourn his passing. This is the leader who has been responsible for brutally murdering his own people.
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