By ALENA HIGGINS
NEWS local hospitals will receive new medical equipment to assist with the care of morbidly obese patients follows renewed calls for weight loss surgery to be taxpayer funded.
Two leading Sydney surgeons are urging the Federal Government to make lap band procedures available under the public health system.
The pair says the treatment would not only prolong the life of recipients unable to afford the procedure, but also alleviate the burden of obese-related illnesses on taxpayers going forward.
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