Ray Hadley is urging the Premier to consider people waiting on elective surgeries as NSW records its deadliest day.

36 people have died of COVID today, with 209 of the 2850 hospitalisations in ICU.

Elective surgeries have been cancelled in the state amid rising case numbers.

Ray Hadley told listeners of his friend who has had his post-cancer surgery delayed.

Ray is urging people to keep things in perspective.

“It’s not cosmetic surgery, botox or fillers, it’s, in many instances, extending and saving peoples lives.”

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