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Article: Vic: 'Secret' hospital waiting list cuts official figures
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- October 10, 2007
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AAP General News (Australia)
10-10-2007
Vic: 'Secret' hospital waiting list cuts official figures
MELBOURNE, Oct 10 AAP - Victoria's surgical waiting list could be far longer than the
state government has admitted, with almost 1,000 people kept on a "secret" waiting list
at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, internal documents reportedly show.
Fairfax newspapers report today that the Royal Melbourne Hospital had about 3,600 people
on its waiting list last month - well over the 2,659 people the Victorian government officially
declared were on the list last week.
The documents, seen by Fairfax, showed there were 969 patients not publicly reported
on ...