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Experts sound alarm over health system strain

Steps to boost paramedics and ambulance stations in a number of states

Paramedics are seen tending to their ambulance outside St Vincent hospital in Melbourne Source: AAP

Australian surgeons are sounding the alarm on a growing backlog of elective surgeries, as hospital emergency departments also struggle to cope amid a wave of winter illness. The crisis has prompted several state leaders to boost the number of paramedics and ambulance stations. This is a Russian language content.


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Australian surgeons are sounding the alarm on a growing backlog of elective surgeries, as hospital emergency departments also struggle to cope amid a wave of winter illness. The crisis has prompted several state leaders to boost the number of paramedics and ambulance stations. This is a Russian language content.



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