When will ICUs go into 'code black' mode and what does that mean?

Gabriel Fowler
Updated September 9 2021 - 6:22am, first published 5:30am
PRESSURE: Hospitals in Sydney are expected to be in code black mode from late October to mid November, under modelling produced for the state government.
PRESSURE: Hospitals in Sydney are expected to be in code black mode from late October to mid November, under modelling produced for the state government.

This week the NSW Premier Gladys Berejikilian released the bare bones of a plan for how our healthcare system is going to cope under the growing pressure of COVID-19, particularly in Sydney and its 12 LGAs of concern.

Gabriel Fowler

Gabriel Fowler

Senior Journalist

Community health & welfare, social justice, investigations, general news. Gabriel.Fowler@newcastleherald.com.au