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Surgery lists balloon as hospitals plead for resources

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Patients are waiting longer for elective surgery despite more procedures taking place as health workers demand more resources to tackle the growing crisis.

The latest quarterly performance report from the NSW Bureau of Health Information on Wednesday show more than 100,000 people are on the waitlist, up seven per cent from a year earlier.

That was despite 3.6 per cent more surgeries taking place...


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