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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Lanie Tindale

'Serious action needed': stand-downs defended as 50 cardiologists apply

ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith. Picture by Elesa Kurtz

Fifty senior doctors are vying to be cardiologists at Canberra Hospital, the Health Minister says, as the cardiology unit comes under fire.

On Monday, five private cardiologists sent the minister a letter saying "there has been a marked deterioration in the last 12 months" in cardiac care and "has deteriorated to standards far below national and international guidelines".

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