Children in regional areas enduring months of pain while waiting for urgent dental care

ABC NEWS (Australia) 2024-09-14

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Australian children from regional areas are being forced to wait months and travel thousands of kilometres for urgent dental care. As fewer private hospitals are offering the procedures and public wait lists blow out.
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