Surgery backlog blows out
Australia’s surgery backlog is expected to balloon to 500,000 people this year, but can struggling hospitals ever clear it?
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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music composed by Jasper Leak.
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