Hospital ordeal

Sep 10, 2025 | Article, Top Articles | 0 comments

A family has spoken out about what they describe as a “distressing and unsafe” ordeal at the taxpayer-funded Naracoorte Hospital, after a woman trampled by a cow was left battling what they claim were misdiagnosed fractures, lost medical notes, and an emergency department squeezed into a carpeted former children’s ward mid-renovation.

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