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Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital handed $66m funding boost

Antonia O'Flaherty · ABC News (AU)

Published 16 Oct 2026, 9:30 am·1 h ago·1 min read

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Premier Ben Carroll's funding announcement comes after hospital staff claimed new hospital beds would be empty because there were not enough workers to support them.

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