COVID surge exposes long-standing flaws in Australia’s hospital system |

Although it might seem COVID is suddenly everywhere, for doctors and nurses the pressure of working in a pandemic has been constant. Cases are surging again, and hospitals are barely keeping up. As Elias Clure reports, the frontline staff who’ve worked through wave after wave says it’s exposed the cracks in a deeply flawed health system. Subscribe: ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It’s news when you want it, from Australia’s most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: Watch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: Like ABC News on Facebook: Follow ABC News on Instagram: Follow ABC News on Twitter: