The number of patients treated in the 2021–22 financial year from Australia’s public hospital elective surgery waiting lists (‘elective’ meaning non-emergency) fell to the lowest level since 2010–11. This was associated with disruptions to hospital services as a result of COVID-19.
COVID-19 led to the lowest number of public elective surgeries performed in Australia in over a decade

Close Up Scientist using microscope in laboratory room while making medical testing and research
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