QLD:Yasi will be worse than Larry: Bligh=4

AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2011
QLD:Yasi will be worse than Larry: Bligh=4

The waterfront Cairns Base Hospital will be evacuated on Tuesday, affecting 250 to
300 patients, Ms Bligh said.

Patients will be taken by ambulance to the airport and flown by Australian Defence
Force Hercules to hospitals in the southeast with spare capacity.

Others will go home.

The premier will advise later on Tuesday which health facilities in Cairns will instead
be used for emergency situations.

AAP jmm/apm

KEYWORD: YASI BLIGH 2ND UPDATE 4 BRISBANE

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