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Eight-bed outback hospital costs $67m, three times original budget

Jarrod Lucas and Nicholas R Ward · ABC News (AU)
Published 4 Oct 2026, 8:28 pm·3 d ago·1 min read
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WA's Health Minister Meredith Hammat has defended the cost of a new eight-bed outback hospital, which has reached practical completion at a cost of more than $8 million per bed.

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