Healthcare professionals say the long wait times for elective surgery during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic have gotten worse, with hospitals across the country in real trouble.
A "tsunami of people" are waiting for elective surgery due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in what the peak doctors' body says is an "unseen tragedy".The wait for cataract surgery increased from 98 days in the first year of the pandemic to 172 days in 2020-2021The AMA is calling for a post-disaster plan
Chris Moy, Australian Medical Association vice president, said elective surgery waiting lists were an "unseen tragedy" of the pandemic. Mr Schaap has been waiting for more than a year for surgery to ease some of the symptons from carpal tunnel syndrome. Wait times deteriorated significantly during the first year of the pandemic, according to the most recent data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
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