‘It’s a disaster’: How boxes of forgotten referrals led to tragedy at a Victorian hospital
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-09-10 19:30 UTC+10:00
Section: National / Victoria
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Health, Australia
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Snippet:
A cancer patient has died and another is terminal after a Victorian hospital, still reliant on paper records, failed to triage 150 critical referrals left sitting in cardboard boxes for up to 16 months.
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