Parts of rural Queensland lacking in aged care facilities

By Greg Ryan
Updated December 4 2020 - 4:39pm, first published 4:00pm
Georgetown beef producer Greg Ryan.
Georgetown beef producer Greg Ryan.

The Etheridge Shire is in the Gulf country of North Queensland. It has four small towns and covers a total area of 3,919,900 hectares. While the population is quite low it may surprise you to know that in the whole shire there is not one facility where a patient can have an overnight stay for medical reasons.

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