A plan to slash $10 million in funding from the budget of one of Perth's busiest hospitals has been reversed in the nick of time after doctors warned patients would die if the funding cut went ahead.
One of Perth's busiest public hospitals has been given a funding reprieve, with the State Government reversing a $10 million budget cut that doctors had warned would put patients' lives at risk.
That meant, for the 12 months from July 1, St John of God would have been given $10 million less to run the hospital than it was previously. Opposition health spokeswoman Libby Mettam said it was a relief the planned cut had been reversed, but said the Government had been pressured into acting.
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