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Teenager waited 21 hours for treatment at Lismore Base Hospital, mother says.

A Tenterfield Mother says she worries her daughter could become permanently paralysed, after waiting hours for scans and painkillers that never came at Lismore Base Hospital.

Speaking exclusively with NBN News, Casey Lewis says her daughter still hasn’t been treated.

You can read Northern NSW Local Health District response here:

Northern NSW Local Health District takes concerns about patient care very seriously.
We apologise for any distress this patient or her family experienced.

– Lynne Weir, Director Clinical Operations, Northern NSW Local Health District

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Josephine Shannon

Josephine Shannon is a Reporter for NBN News, covering the Central Coast region in New South Wales and based in Gosford. Josephine joined the Northern Rivers bureau in September 2021, covering the Northern Rivers 2022 flood disaster before moving to the Central Coast in March 2023. Get in touch by emailing josephine.shannon@nine.com.au.

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