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Farid Farid

NSW govt spurns 'third world' health claim

Health Minister Brad Hazzard has rubbished claims about the state of emergency care in NSW. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The NSW health minister has rejected criticism of the state's healthcare system as "third world" by doctors speaking at a parliamentary inquiry.

"Well they want to go and work in the third world then," Brad Hazzard told reporters on Thursday.

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