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AMA report card on hospitals bad in almost every category

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Doctors have released a scathing report card on the state of Australia's public hospitals. The Australian Medical Association says doctors are overstretched and in a constant state of emergency because of inadequate funding. And as Yin Wu reports, queues for elective surgery are now at their longest for 15 years.


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Doctors have released a scathing report card on the state of Australia's public hospitals. The Australian Medical Association says doctors are overstretched and in a constant state of emergency because of inadequate funding. And as Yin Wu reports, queues for elective surgery are now at their longest for 15 years.



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