Materials shortages hit Mildura elective surgery patients

Matt Taylor

A GLOBAL shortage of sterilisation equipment is threatening to bring a halt to hundreds of elective surgery procedures in Mildura. Mildura Base Public Hospital (MBPH) has made a “minimal” number of elective-surgery cancellations in recent days, including one local man who had been waiting more than four years for an operation. “I’m in discomfort and […]

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