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Emergency services across Sydney on Monday recorded one of their busiest winter days, with a record 4100 ambulance callouts and almost 10,000 emergency department presentations.

Western Sydney hospitals were among the hardest hit.

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park said the state would see continued presentations for flu-like illness throughout winter.

“Influenza can also cause complications for people with comorbidities,” he said. “If someone with a co-morbidity gets influenza, the likelihood that they end up in the…

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