Mildura Base Public Hospital ‘comfortable’ with COVID risk

Matt Taylor

PRE-OPERATION swabbing of elective-surgery patients for COVID-19 ended on Friday in Mildura. Following months of no community transmission of the deadly respiratory disease in north-west Victoria, Mildura Base Public Hospital (MBPH) chiefs have suspended the process that required patients to be swabbed and then self-isolate for up to a week before elective surgery. “Given we’re […]

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