People needing cataracts removed at Armidale hospital must wait at least 300 days for the surgery.

By Lydia Roberts
Updated December 2 2015 - 12:54pm, first published 12:50pm
The number of patients at Armidale hospital receiving urgent surgery within the recommended timeframe of 30 days fell from 100 per cent in the third quarter last year to 94 per cent this year.
The number of patients at Armidale hospital receiving urgent surgery within the recommended timeframe of 30 days fell from 100 per cent in the third quarter last year to 94 per cent this year.

PATIENTS needing eye surgery at Armidale Rural Referral Hospital are facing a wait of more than 300 days, latest statistics from the NSW Government show.

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