Two-and-a-half thousand Bendigo residents hospitalised for potentially preventable conditions

Tom O'Callaghan
Updated July 26 2017 - 5:56pm, first published July 25 2017 - 3:00pm
PREVENTABLE: New data shows 9 per cent of Australian hospital bed days are for issues that were potentially preventable. Picture: FILE SHOT
PREVENTABLE: New data shows 9 per cent of Australian hospital bed days are for issues that were potentially preventable. Picture: FILE SHOT

People from Bendigo spent 10,405 days in hospital in 2015-16 for potentially preventable conditions, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

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Tom O'Callaghan

Tom O'Callaghan

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