Still waiting on empty promises

Last week marked the due date for the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s flagship Satellite Hospitals Program, but Bribie Island is still waiting to see their so-called hospital.

Two years ago, the premier promised Queenslanders they would be “up and running” by now, but there’s not a single doctor or nurse in sight. What’s even worse is that even when it’s complete, the Bribie Satellite Hospital won’t offer the care we have been promised.

We were promised a hospital, but instead we’ll get a multi-purpose medical centre, without an emergency department and without 24-hour care.

Unfortunately, this will do little to address the concerns of residents about having access to an emergency department on the Island, despite the many promises of the local Labor MP.

Residents on the Island will still be faced with the same issues of getting to Caboolture Hospital in an emergency and hoping there are no accidents on the Bribie Island bridge. This failed promise is yet more evidence Queenslanders can’t trust Premier Palaszczuk or any promise she makes.

Our state is facing a health crisis with the worst hospital ambulance ramping in the nation, specialist wait blowouts beyond clinically recommended times and Queenslanders losing their lives while they wait for ambulances.

In fact, this month marks two years since the Palaszczuk Labor Government announced a $100 million strategy that was supposed to fix the hospital ramping crisis. Instead of fixing ramping, Queensland now has the worst ambulance ramping in the country, thousands more patients