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Expert warns emergency medicine in worst state for decades

The Emergency Department of St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney

The Emergency Department of St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney Source: etty Images AsiaPac

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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