Hunter New England Local Health District experiences 33 per cent rise in visits to emergency departments

Xavier Mardling
Updated September 15 2021 - 2:06pm, first published 2:00pm
BUSY TIME: HNELHD chief executive Michael DiRienzo said the second quarter of 2021 was one of the busiest NSW Health had ever seen. Picture: Marina Neil
BUSY TIME: HNELHD chief executive Michael DiRienzo said the second quarter of 2021 was one of the busiest NSW Health had ever seen. Picture: Marina Neil

A significant increase in the number of presentations to the emergency departments of hospitals across one NSW region has been put down to the "the pressures associated with preparing for and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic".

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Xavier Mardling

Xavier Mardling

Border Mail Editor

Xavier started at The Border Mail in Albury-Wodonga in 2001, covering sport and general news before moving to the subs' desk. He was editor of his hometown masthead from 2016 to 2020 before swapping the Murray for Merewether. He returned to The Border Mail as editor in 2023.

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