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Neve Brissenden and Farid Farid

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Nsw nurses on strike for 24 hours - Caught on Camera

NSW nurses want one worker to every four patients to ensure proper care can be given. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

NSW nurses and midwives are threatening to throw in the towel if the state government doesn't mandate patient-to-nurse ratios like those in other states.

Hundreds gathered outside Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, one of 60 rallies throughout the state on Thursday, as nurses downed tools for 24-hours leaving a skeleton staff.

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