10 Jun 2020

Hospital fix-up bill estimated at $14b

From Morning Report, 7:09 am on 10 June 2020

The closest ever look at the country's hospitals reveals many intensive care units, operating theatres and Emergency Departments are in 'poor or very poor' shape.

The Government is releasing the stocktake of hospital infrastructure today, putting the fix-it bill at $14 billion over the next decade.

Phil Pennington has been going through the stocktake.