{
  "id": 9178378,
  "title": "‘Operating beyond capacity’: Doctors slam ‘ruthless’ cuts to Perth’s child mental health beds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/operating-beyond-capacity-doctors-slam-ruthless-cuts-to-perths-child",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-22T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/western-australia/operating-beyond-capacity-doctors-slam-ruthless-cuts-to-perth-s-child-mental-health-beds-20260923-p60zit.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "AMA WA has branded a decision to slash bed numbers for mentally unwell children at Perth Children’s Hospital as “ruthless”, and accused the government of using “misleading” data to justify the move.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘Operating beyond capacity’: Doctors slam ‘ruthless’ cuts to Perth’s child mental health beds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/operating-beyond-capacity-doctors-slam-ruthless-cuts-to-perths-child-9178438",
        "published": "2026-09-22T19:00:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}