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Why specialist nurses are spending hours ferrying patients

Ballarat nurses are spending hundreds of hours driving clients to detox facilities in Melbourne, despite repeated calls for a facility in the region.

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Ballarat nurses are spending hundreds of hours driving clients to detox facilities in Melbourne, despite repeated calls for a facility in the region.

4 days ago·Sydney, Australia

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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in Sydney, Australia 4 days ago on Saturday, February 14, 2026.

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Specialist nurses drove over 8,000 km and spent 110 hours transporting patients to distant detox centers due to the absence of an adult detox facility in Ballarat, officials said.