The hidden wave: what happens when everything else is put on hold

Australian Financial Review

15 May 2020 - When Australia's public health system pivoted to address COVID-19, many other serious diseases fell from view.

Australia is a world leader in the management of this pandemic but the health costs of this achievement are emerging and it looks like they will be high.

In the rush to build capacity to cope with the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Australians had their regular health needs sidelined. While they complied because it served the greater good, the consequences will be felt for years to come. Surgeons predict Australia will be hit by "an unseen wave" of overdue elective surgery.

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