The state of NSW hospitals is being defended amid new statistics which reveal dozens have died in Western Sydney hospitals over the past two years because of bungles.
According to internal documents, 49 people have died because of misdiagnosis and operations on wrong body parts.
NSW Premier Morris Iemma has told 2GB’s Chris Smith, that's why an incident management system was set up in 2004.
“It’s so that quality and safety can improve in our hospitals,” he said.
“The first think that is working is that we’re getting staff to report – because in the past we didn’t get these reports.”