BYO bandages: inquiry told of âhorrendousâ state of NSW hospitals
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Patients and medical staff across NSW have sounded the alarm about a crisis in the state of country hospitals, telling of wards that look like theyâve been hit by tornadoes, hospitals requesting you bring your own bandages and doctors trying to mend broken bones over videolink.
A parliamentary inquiry has been told lives are being endangered by an overburdened system plagued by chronic staff shortages.