Canberra Private Hospital is just the latest in a string of more than 20 hospital closures around the country. Patients are paying a heavy toll, and healthcare professionals are counting the human and financial costs.
It has been more than two years since the federal government led its first of two talkfests to find solutions to the viability crises forcing private hospitals to close while others have cancelled more than 80 services, notably mental health and maternity units.
