SYDNEY: Smoke from Australia's deadly recent bushfires is linked to an estimated 445 deaths and more than 4,000 hospitalisations over several ...
SYDNEY: Smoke from Australia's deadly recent bushfires is linked to an estimated 445 deaths and more than 4,000 hospitalisations over several months, a government inquiry heard Tuesday .
"Our estimates for the last season were at A$2 billion in health costs associated with premature loss of life and admissions to hospitals," she added.Johnston said that was"about 10 times higher" than in preceding years, despite not including costs associated with ambulance callouts, lost productivity or some diseases where impacts would be difficult to model, such as diabetes.
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