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Only nine of 38 hospitals in the western region carry blood, NSW inquiry told
A chronic shortage of blood in western New South Wales hospitals is leading to patients waiting hours for blood transfusions, a parliamentary inquiry into regional, rural and remote health has heard.
Understaffing is also causing serious issues, with a daughter forced to watch her father die on a bathroom floor, a nurse at Condobolin hospital said in a submission.
Key points:
- NSW Parliamentary Inquiry sitting in Cobar today
- Hearing told only 9 out of 38 hospitals have blood on site
- WNSWLHD CEO apologises for shortfalls in the system
The public hearing, which took place in Cobar today, is the second of 11 to be held outside Sydney.
Among those to make a submission was Cobar resident Geoffrey Langford.
Mr Langford described the need for…
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