Labor's Anita Dow blames Trevor New's long wait for emergency surgery at the Launceston General Hospital on Liberal under-funding

Sean Ford
Updated May 26 2022 - 10:11am, first published 10:09am
Athalie New waits for news of her husband, Trevor's, operation after a gruesome hand injury. Picture: Eve Woodhouse.
Athalie New waits for news of her husband, Trevor's, operation after a gruesome hand injury. Picture: Eve Woodhouse.

Liberal under-funding of health is why an elderly man waited 42 hours for emergency surgery for a gruesome hand injury, Labor says.

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Sean Ford

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