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Specialist colleges slam elective surgery ban reversal

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons president says surgeons working in private hospitals were appalled by the government's decision
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30 March 2020
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RACS president Dr Tony Sparnon.

The Federal Government’s decision to extend the deadline on non-urgent elective surgeries in private hospitals could lead to further shortages of PPE and anaesthetic medicine, doctors have warned.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that all non-urgent category 3 procedures and some semi-urgent category 2 surgeries in public and private hospitals would be suspended indefinitely from midnight.

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