2016-04-12
Question in Parliament - My question is for the Minister for Families and Children on behalf of the Minister for Health. Over the weekend the government announced $17 million for Footscray Hospital, which:
…will make sure those areas of the hospital that need the most work will get the urgent fix they require to continue to provide safe and high-quality care to patients.
It then went on to specify that south block’s three wards, which include 77 beds, will benefit from these funds. However, we know that south block until recently had six wards and 150 beds, so it appears that this funding is not going to the areas that most urgently need it. In fact the hospital and the government have already given up on those three wards and the 73 beds that have been closed. This money is going to keep the remaining wards open. Can the government confirm that this is correct?