Westmead. Hospital 'run into the ground'

Doctors have said the Westmead Hospital – a Sydney University teaching hospital– was being “run into the ground” for lack of funds, according to The Daily Telegraph, which revealed that the Sydney West Area Health Service was about $60 million in debt. Western Sydney hospitals will only be allowed to perform 30,812 operations a year and will face penalties if they exceed the quota. At least 105 health workers have taken voluntary redundancies while another 100 nurses will leave the Sydney West Area Health Service, according to the newspaper.