WA’s $5.6 Billion Budget Surplus Has Doctors’ Association Demanding Hospital Crisis Be Dealt With

WA's hospitals face a health crisis amid staff and bed shortages.

The Western Australia (WA) government’s $5.6 billion budget surplus has compelled the state’s leading medical association to call for more support amid rampant staff shortages and overcrowding at hospitals.

The call comes after the economic impact wrought by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus left WA’s coffers largely untouched after the state reaped the benefits of skyrocketing iron ore prices.