Billion-Dollar Surgery Plan Headlines Labor Poll Pitch
An embattled state government has made a billion-dollar pledge to halve public hospital surgery waiting lists as its election rivals tout a bootcamp for youth criminals. In a small room filled with red shirt-wearing supporters, Premier Ben Carroll used Labor’s campaign launch in Moonee Ponds on Sunday to unveil the $1.2 billion announcement to deliver [...]
TL;DR
- State government pledges $1.2 billion to cut public hospital surgery waiting lists.
- The plan aims to deliver 100,000 extra planned surgeries.
- Thirty thousand of the additional surgeries will be performed in regional hospitals.
- The government describes the plan as a "holistic" approach to slash wait times.