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Little Wings bridges health gap for regional children, opens new hangar in Cessnock

Three-year-old Elizabeth needed to travel hundreds of kilometres with her mum for medical treatment. (ABC Newcastle: Keely Johnson)

When Inverell woman Sharon Hall's daughter Elizabeth was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2021, she didn't know how difficult accessing treatment would be.

Three-year-old Elizabeth has spent much of her life receiving treatment at John Hunter Hospital near Newcastle, an 860-kilometre return drive from her hometown.

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