Forgotten Referrals at Mildura Hospital | Australia News

A patient died after a referral sat untouched in a box at Mildura Base Public Hospital for over a year — just one of many suspected cases of systemic failure. The shadow health minister is demanding urgent action, while hospital leaders vow to improve, though they won’t directly address the oversight. Medical staff call paper records “dangerous,” patients are taking matters into their own hands, and digitization — long overdue — remains stalled without adequate funding. This tragedy underscores the life-or-death stakes of healthcare systems that can’t keep up with modern needs.

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