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  "id": 6462981,
  "title": "Patient told of year-long wait for colonoscopy after positive bowel cancer screen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/patient-told-of-year-long-wait-for-colonoscopy-after-positive-bowel",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-09T19:10:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/tasmania-bowel-cancer-scope-wait-time/107127722"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tony returned a positive result from a bowel cancer screening kit in June. Almost three months later, he is still waiting for an endoscopy to find out if he has cancer.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}