NT health minister ‘very confident’ private maternity care will return to Darwin | ABC NEWS

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More than a year after its collapse Australia's second-largest private hospital network, Healthscope will be carved up under a new deal announced today. Darwin Private Hospital is among more than a dozen facilities set to be taken over by not-for-profit operator, Calvary Health Care. The question now is if or when the hospital's maternity service will be reinstated as the territory government has promised. Roxanne Fitzgerald has this report for ABC News Northern Territory. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/calvary-takeover-darwin-private-hospital-nt-maternity-services/107154274 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia #ABCNewsNT

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