Victor waited 77 hours in Sydney emergency department, left before tests came
A 70-year-old man spent three nights in Bankstown emergency department with his leg swollen to almost double its size, slept on hard chairs, then left without receiving results from 21 tests.
Why it mattersPatients are being discharged without test results, creating risks; wait times in Sydney's outer suburbs now stretch to 27-28 hours.
AustraliaNSW residents face dangerous delays in emergency care; one in ten patients across the state now waits over 24 hours, up 2.5 hours year-on-year.
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