February 26, 2007 - Peninsula News - Page 7
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Hospital should be upgraded, says Wales
Woy Woy Hospital should regain its status as a fully operational hospital for the 36,000 people on living on the Peninsula and the surrounding communities, according to independent candidate for Gosford, Ms Debra Wales. “Woy Woy Hospital is badly in need of repair and is under resourced to provide a muchneeded service,” Ms Wales said. “I’ve met the staff and they do a fantastic job under primitive conditions.
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“Our Woy Woy Hospital could be brought up to a high standard with full emergency service reestablished if only the State Government would recognize it as a much-needed service for the Peninsula.” Ms Wales said Gosford Council should have approved a retirement village at Forresters Beach to relieve pressure on Woy Woy Hospital. “Woy Woy Hospital continues to take in aged residents desperately in need of hostel accommodation,” she said. “This is the very type of aged
care service that Forresters Beach would have provided. “It’s not exclusive luxury retirement village but much needed aged care services. “Woy Woy Hospital was once a thriving fully operational hospital providing the people on the Peninsula good medical care and a 24-hour emergency service. “Today, it is simply a dormitory for frail and aged residents who are waiting for a bed to become available somewhere…. anywhere on the Central Coast. “Claims made by Gosford councillor Malcolm Brooks to
the public and to the NSW Land & Environment Court that the Forresters Beach project was an overdevelopment and place an unacceptable burden on our water supply are simply incorrect. “Right next door is the Tarragal Glen Retirement Village which will be three times the size when completed yet Crs Brooks, Bell or Holstein objected to that development. “The hypocrisy is shameful.” Ms Wales said that information presented by Cr Brooks and “the self proclaimed Forresters Bushrangers” misrepresented the
facts of the proposed aged care development. “Claims that there are no doctors available belie the fact that a medical centre will be included in the new development,” Ms Wales said. “Unlike Tarragal Glen next door, the project provides much-needed hostel beds for the frail aged. “We wouldn’t have such a crisis in our public hospital system if council got on with the job of approving compliant aged care facilities instead of playing politics.”
Press release, 19 Feb 2007 Debra Wales, Independent candidate for Gosford
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Volunteering Central Coast (VCC) is conducting a free volunteer information session at the Peninsula Community Centre at the corner of Ocean Beach Rd and McMasters Rd, Woy Woy, on Monday, March 19. VCC acting recruitment coordinator Mr Eddie Kain said that volunterering allowed people to meet others, put their skills to good use and do something worthwhile in our community. Volunteering Central Coast had more than 180 volunteer positions listed, “from working outdoors to cooking, from working with animals to receptionist work”. For further information, telephone VCC on 4329 7122 for details of the information session and bookings.
Press release, 6 Feb 2007 Eddie Kain, Volunteering Central Coast
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