Moura Uncertainty Must End

Media Release.

 

Shadow Health Minister, Jo-Ann Miller, says uncertainty over the future of Moura Hospital must end.

“I understand the government has made a decision to close hospital services at Moura, leaving the nearest hospital at Biloela almost 70kms away,” Mrs Miller said.

“It means an end to 24/7 emergency care at Moura and a trip that could take up to hour to reach hospital care.

“The local community deserves to know if this is happening and the time is long overdue for the LNP government to tell them.

“This situation is an indictment on the LNP government and the local MP, Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney.

“The uncertainty and distress already inflicted on the Moura community by this callous LNP government must not continue any further into the new year.

“The Minister for Health Cuts and Closures, Lawrence Springborg, needs to make it clear what, if any, services or jobs are to go from Moura Hospital as part of his government’s mass sackings and savage cuts to frontline services.

“Mr Springborg has so far chickened out on facing the people of Moura in person to explain his government’s intentions for their hospital.

“He is too scared to look them in the eye and tell them the truth.

“It is time the Minister started to earn his pay packet and stopped trying to pass the buck to the regional health board.

“He must also stop trying to play the blame game by presenting a $600 million increase in federal health funding to our state over the next four years as a ‘cut’.

“He is the Minister and he has direct responsibility for the Moura Hospital, its staff services, and its future,” Mrs Miller said.