ENT operations start on indigenous kids
Patricia Karvelas; 14/3/08
About 500 indigenous children will begin to undergo ear, nose and throat surgery from today as part of the Northern Territory intervention program. The children, identified in the contentious child health checks as part of the commonwealth takeover, will be treated over the next two weeks by ENT specialists who have been flown to the Alice Springs Hospital. Today marks the first of five medical blitzes by the visiting surgeons that are planned for the coming months. Of the 500 children across the Territory who are expected to receive ENT surgery, about 200 will get immediate treatment.
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