Tuesday, 14 November 2017

More Facilities Needed At Tomaree Hospital

BY IAN CROUCH

The long-awaited addition of X-Ray facilities at Tomaree Hospital at Nelson bay has been described as a good start, but more facilities are needed.

The state government has taken advantage of a booming economy to fund the infrastructure, which will be supplied and operated by a private provider from February next year.

However, the government says it will be a public facility operated in the same way as any other public hospital

Port Stephens MP, Kate Washington says it's a welcome announcement, but more needs to be done to meet the needs of the growing population.

"There's more that we want - we want to ensure that we've got ultrasound, rehabilitation services, a helipad - all sorts of things to properly meet the needs of the community up here," she said.