'Bloody' attack on NSW hospital staff

By Hannah Ryan
Updated January 13 2021 - 3:34pm, first published 3:30pm
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has condemned an attack on staff at Port Macquarie Base Hospital.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has condemned an attack on staff at Port Macquarie Base Hospital.

A "bloody, violent attack" by a patient at a regional NSW hospital has left workers with "flesh torn from (their) body", bite wounds, concussion, broken ribs, torn cartilage and other injuries, the health workers' union says.

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