Health leaders can use 'new visibility' to fix unprepared health system for climate crisis

Kathryn Lewis
Updated December 7 2020 - 7:13am, first published December 6 2020 - 9:05pm
Smoke from the bushfire in Namadgi National Park covered Canberra earlier this year. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Smoke from the bushfire in Namadgi National Park covered Canberra earlier this year. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Chief health officers pushed to the fore during the pandemic should use their elevated visibility to prepare the health system which has "totally neglected" climate change.

Kathryn Lewis

Kathryn Lewis

Canberra Times Journalist

I am a breaking and general news reporter. Contact me with tips or story ideas at kathryn.lewis@canberratimes.com.au