Pain Factory

Written By Adele Ferguson

A 4Corners Investigation by Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett

More than three million Australians are living with chronic pain, and it's become a breeding ground for exploitation. We expose the ugly side of medicine with patients in worse pain after having surgery and lives put at risk.

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