Housing crisis in remote Australia: Making chronically and terminally ill patients travel hundreds of kilometres to receive the care they need

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Chronically and terminally ill patients in remote Australia are being forced to travel hundreds of kilometres to receive the care they need, according to health workers. It's all because of a housing shortage in regional centres, an issue also taking its toll on health staff, who have to brave challenging roads and weather to deliver care.