Page 2680 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 10 August 2016
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residents because we provide a regional service. When it comes down to it, we only have 1.8 or 1.9 beds per thousand for ACT residents, which is the lowest in Australia by quite some margin.
We have seen projections of growth by this government being wildly inaccurate. That is one of the problems we have right here in the women and children’s hospital at the moment. The government’s projections were inaccurate. (Second speaking period taken.)
It is a reminder for us all of the projections that were put forward by Mr Corbell with his jail. He said in 2007 that the jail in its current configuration would have capacity for 25 years. Two years later when it was opened it was already full. You cannot trust Mr Corbell when it comes to a projection on bed numbers. There are a lot staff and people in the AMC who have seen the grim reality of Mr Corbell’s projections. We have heard from people like Michael Hall, who said:
I still believe that we need to start from scratch and build an emergency department from the ground up … There are still compromises being made by the fact that this is a series of extensions on the outside of an existing facility.
It involves “significant compromise”.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, can you just—
MR HANSON: Yes, could you stop the clock, please?
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Can you repeat what you have just said? Who have you quoted and what you have quoted?
MR HANSON: Can you stop the clock, please?
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Stop the clock.
MR HANSON: It is a little bit unusual, Madam Deputy Speaker, that I would be mid-speech—
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: I have asked you to repeat your quote and—
MR HANSON: This is the clinical director of the emergency department, Dr Michael Hall. I will read the quote:
“I still believe that we need to start from scratch and build an emergency department from the ground up,” he said. “There are still compromises being made by the fact that this is a series of extensions on the outside of an existing facility.”
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, I urge you to be cautious. If you are not aware, there is something in the public domain that shows a lack of satisfaction with your using those quotes by that individual. I would urge you to be cautious.
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