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A former President of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine has described the current state of Australia’s emergency medicine sector as 'the worst I have seen in my 30 years'

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A former President of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine has described the current state of Australia’s emergency medicine sector as 'the worst I have seen in my 30 years'

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