NSW health snapshot shows improvements despite not meeting targets

By Harriet Alexander
Updated January 1 2017 - 1:13pm, first published December 8 2016 - 3:48pm
A report has revealed that surgical equipment has been left in 20 patients in NSW.
A report has revealed that surgical equipment has been left in 20 patients in NSW.
"The community has a right to know where these mistakes occurred." Walt Secord. Photo: Jane Dyson
"The community has a right to know where these mistakes occurred." Walt Secord. Photo: Jane Dyson

Doctors worked long hours without taking adequate leave, emergency departments could not meet their targets and in one year 20 patients had surgical equipment left inside their bodies.

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