Three-year wait for surgery for fractured hips sign of Victoria’s ‘broken public healthcare system’

A 25-year-old man who was hit by a car and can no longer walk was put on a waiting list after surgeon assessed his injury as least urgent

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A 25-year-old Melbourne man has been waiting more than three years for life-changing hip surgery after a car accident, despite his condition declining to the extent that he can no longer walk.

Ta Kwa Hei was involved in a car accident when he was 19. A Karen refugee who lives in Melbourne's west, Hei wasn't aware of the Transport Accident Commission or the fact that he might be able to claim assistance with any injuries through them, and he walked away from the site of the accident, in New South Wales, without going to hospital.

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