13/10/2024
HOW IS LABOR GOING TO SILENCE THIS DOCTOR. THANK YOU DOCTOR....
When is a hospital not a hospital?
In an interview on ABC Radio on 12 August 2024 the interviewer sought the opinion of AMA Queensland President, Dr Nick Yim about the services of satellite hospitals. With regard to the term ‘hospital’ Dr Yim was asked “So do you believe then these satellite hospitals are helping or hindering thesystem?”
His response was, “I think there is a challenge. The community and the public, with the term ‘hospital’, there is an expectation that they have a full suite of services. The general public, they‘re not health professionals, they're not doctors. So when we go to a location that is termed hospital, people expect there should be the full suite of services, they have beds available, they have their specialists etc. We need communication to the public. Or alternatively, we might need to consider changing that name hospital.”
Many of us have called for the Bribie Island Satellite Hospital to be renamed to either a ‘health clinic’ or ‘health centre’ so that the public are not misled into thinking the facility has the capacity to treat major health issues, as would a hospital.
Unfortunately, politics once again comes first rather than clarity to the public as to the service limitations provided by these facilities currently termed ‘satellite hospitals’.
The new facility in Bongaree can meet the needs of minor injuries/ailments. However, the fact remains that Bribie Island residents were promised a hospital at the last election and that is not what we were given. To reduce confusion, and to potentially save lives, the facility name should reflect the services provided. END
DON'T HAVE A HEART ATTACK ON BRIBIE YOU'LL PROBABLY DIE.....