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Elective surgeries in Australia drop to 10-year low due to Covid measures, report finds
Decline of 17% at public hospitals compared with previous year attributed to restrictions during Delta and Omicron waves
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The number of elective surgeries performed across Australia has slumped to a 10-year low due to Covid-19.
New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows there were 623,000 elective surgeries at public hospitals in the 2021/22 financial year.
Read the original article at The Guardian