Premier
and part-time Health Minister Jeremy Rockliff has prioritised a $750 million
stadium in Hobart over than the much-needed upgrades at the Launceston General
Hospital.
The
LGH has the worst bed-block in the country and wait
times to see a specialist are at completely unacceptable levels.
Urgent
cardiology and neurology patients-people with urgent heart and brain conditions-are
waiting nearly a year to see a specialist. People classified as semi-urgent are
waiting nearly three years.
And
just one day after the Premier announced the new stadium in Hobart, paramedics
at the LGH took strike action over the impossible working conditions they face.
Whether
people need an ambulance, specialist appointment or admission to hospital, the
Liberal Government is failing to get the basics right for them at the LGH.
The
fact the Premier is focused on a $750 million stadium in Hobart while the $580
million he promised to upgrade the LGH is nowhere to be seen shows yet again
how wrong his priorities are.
Anita Dow MP
Shadow Minister for Health
