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Mark Humphries and Dr Brian Pezzutti – NNSWLHD Board. Photo supplied
The new chair of the Northern NSW Local Health District board says overseeing development of the new Tweed hospital will be his main priority in the role.
Mark Humphries has been promoted from his deputy chair position to lead the local health district board after the departure of Dr Brian Pezzutti.
The district is responsible for state health services from Grafton in the south to Tweed in the north.
Nearly 3,000 babies born in region’s state hospitals in 2020
More than 210,000 people went to state emergency departments in the region last year, Mr Humphries says, with 96,000 people admitted to hospital in general and 32,000 arriving by ambulance.