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Health
Jack Gramenz and Farid Farid

Hospitals need more federal funds: AMA

An inquiry into delays at NSW public hospital emergency departments continues after the health minister rejected the testimony of doctors who described conditions at a western Sydney hospital as "Third World".

The parliamentary inquiry into the impact of ambulance ramping and access blocks on hospital emergency departments has already heard from experts detailing long wait times.

One doctor, James Tadros, told the inquiry on Wednesday conditions at his workplace were "Third World".

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