AMA finds planned surgery wait times longest on record from 10 little numbers Watch Video
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Description: Wait times for elective surgery and emergency treatment are at dangerous new highs according to figures from the Australian Medical Association. The release of the sobering numbers coincides with a meeting of the nation's health ministers to negotiate a new hospitals funding agreement to start next year. But the AMA says an urgent injection of billions of dollars is needed in the interim.