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March 25, 2020 17: 03:28
Non-urgent optional surgeries in Australia’s public and private healthcare facilities will be prohibited from midnight in a quote to preserve the healthcare system to react to the coronavirus pandemic.
Key points:
- The Prime Minister says medical facilities require to focus on handling coronavirus, with numerous big cosmopolitan medical facilities training up staff, such as physios, in critical care
- Scott Morrison says the surgical treatment ban is the result of advice from a professional health panel
- He has also announced a new commission headed by previous Fortescue Metals chief Nev Power to advise the Federal government on “resolving issues”
It comes as health centers throughout the co