Patients in country hospitals are being served meatless meals because the NSW Health system is so broke they can’t pay their butchers bill.
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“NSW Nationals State MP for Barwon Kevin Humphries has stepped in and offered to pay the butchers bill out of his own pocket so patients at Gilgandra and Coonabarabran hospital and local Meals on Wheels recipients, can get some meat back onto their plates.
Mr Humphries said he was appalled when he found cooks at Gilgandra and Coonabarabran hospitals were forced to provide meatless meals.
“Our patients deserve better. It is a sad day when staff are forced to compromise patient care with a reduced and inadequate diet,” he said. “I have even heard stories of staff buying meat for their patients out of their own pockets.”
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The NSW health Department is obviously completely broke. What a disgrace. Once again we see a long term Labor government hopelessly mismanaging the finances and ending up being virtually insolvent.
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“Murray-Darling Nationals MP John Williams said he knew of several cases of unpaid bills from the western health service. One Broken Hill business was owed almost $2000 and another business in his electorate had been owed more than $12,000 since May.
“It’s a bleeding ulcer for them – they are all suffering from the drought and they don’t need this,” Mr Williams said
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Hang on didn’t the NSW government just purchase Toorale station at Bourke for $24 million in conjunction with the federal government. Clyde Agriculture should probably do an urgent check that the federal government is guaranteeing the payment.
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“Greater Western Area Health is not the only one unable to pay suppliers. Yass air-conditioning mechanic Touie Smith said he is owed $18,386.50 by the Greater Southern Area Health Service for work at Yass and Goulburn hospitals.
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Is the NSW Labor government insolvent or are they very short of money and just not paying their bills in rural and regional areas, hoping the media won’t notice.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd should cancel his trip to the UN and stay home to sort out the financial mess the NSW State Labor government has created. Who knows with the global financial crisis the state of New South Wales may be at the brink of bankruptcy ?
Do you think thats fanciful, who would have believed 2 weeks ago that the worlds oldest Merchant Bank Lehman Brothers would declare bankruptcy last Monday. I mean they have not got the money to pay a $2,000 butchers bill.
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