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Kat Wong

Public hospitals risk bleeding doctors without support

Australia is at risk of losing its experienced hospital doctors, health sector advocates warn. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Public hospitals are crumbling under logjams and workforce attrition as doctors reject a government pay offer.

Hospital registrars and career medical officers in particular are at significant risk of burnout after enduring poor working conditions in public hospitals, the Australian Medical Association has warned.

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