新南威尔士州卫生部长向药品监管机构澳大利亚治疗用品管理局（TGA）寻求关于除颤器暂停使用的紧急更新[1]。该部长表示，TGA"决定不披露细节…这可能会令人有些沮丧"[1]。
根据NSW Ambulance高管披露的数据，corplus 3和corplus 3T除颤器在2025年记录了1229次故障[1]。尽管出现大量故障和医护人员的广泛投诉（包括设备无法放电的报告），州政府和救护车服务部门仍坚称这些设备对患者使用安全[1]。NSW Ambulance高管Alan Morrison表示："我们未发现任何影响患者的安全问题"[1]。州政府已成立事件管理小组应对此事[1]。
NSW绿党卫生发言人Dr Amanda Cohn强调，除颤器是"救护车上最具时间敏感性的单件设备"[1]。这些除颤器成本为30,000澳元，合同期限为6年[1]。
New South Wales Health Minister is seeking an immediate explanation from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) regarding defibrillators used by the state's ambulance service.[1] An NSW Ambulance executive revealed that Corplus 3 and Corplus 3T defibrillators recorded 1,229 failures throughout 2025, yet both the government and ambulance service maintain that the devices remain safe for patient use.[1] The state government has established an incident management team to address the issue, which has prompted widespread complaints from healthcare workers, including reports of equipment failing to deliver shocks.[1]
The Health Minister expressed frustration over the lack of transparency, stating that authorities "have made a decision not to disclose the details … that can be a little bit frustrating."[1] Alan Morrison, a senior NSW Ambulance official, countered that "we have not identified any safety issues impacting on patients."[1] The defibrillators, which cost AU$30,000 each and operate under a six-year contract, are critical equipment in ambulances.[1] Dr Amanda Cohn, health spokesperson for the NSW Greens, emphasized the urgency of the situation, describing the defibrillator as "the single most time sensitive piece of equipment in an ambulance."[1]