Mr Ted Baillieu, Premier 1-1-2011

ted.baillieu@parliament.vic.gov.au
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Cc; Mr John & Mrs Sonja Rutherford, 47 Stanhope Street, Broadmeadows
Broadmeadows Progress Association
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Ted, with the New Year we find that despite a can election having been held some 5 weeks ago
10 and a change of government resulted nevertheless for many their New Year is anything to
celebrate about because it is more of the same problems of the past.
During a recent visit to Mr John & Mrs Sonja Rutherford (Broadmeadows Progress
Association) I was given the understanding that Broadmeadows doesn’t have even a specialist
for diabetics. Now, surely in this time of day it should be a principle that a place like
15 Broadmeadows has access to a diabetic specialist without any need for me to write about this?
Consider how diabetics can progress and besides then the escalating cost to the community it
also is horrendous for those suffering and going from bad to worse that the Minister for Health
should have been immediately upon having been commissioned in the portfolio to have
requested a full report of what the status of health provisions or better to state the lack thereof is?
20 I also gained the understanding that there are problems in regard of the need of expansion of the
Broadmeadows Health Services as well as DIANELLA (Broadmeadows Community Health
Centre) but despite that the former Premier Mr John Brumby was actually the local member he
lacked to ensure appropriate levels of health services such as referred to above were provided for.
Hence I urge you to take the politics out of the health issue and ensure that without undue delay
25 the minister for health will address these and other issues, say within the next two weeks, albeit
for those suffering from diabetics even tomorrow is too late.
Victorian citizens shouldn’t have to battle for adequate and appropriate health services as the
very reason people elect Members to Parliament and from this the Government Ministers are
drawn is so that the relevant Minister will ensure that all Victorian citizens are provided upon a
30 level of health care they are entitled upon. I understand also that there are currently no beds
available for a person needing this at the Broadmeadows Health Service (who is associated with
Northern Hospital in Epping).and this too needs to be addressed. With an aging population there
is a need to ensure that health service standards are maintained at the very least to the need of the
population. Talking about increasing hospital beds where so many young invalids (more then
35 7,000) are denied by the Commonwealth (it’s responsibility) to be provided with appropriate
young invalid care facilities and by this use up age care facilities resulting that many of the
elderly are using hospital beds needed for the sick awaiting a age care bed (Commonwealth
responsibility) then clearly there need to be a drastic change as to how hospital beds are used and
the Commonwealth be held accountable for its failures.
40 I look forwards to your personal response to not just myself but also to Mr John & Mrs
Sonja Rutherford so they can pass on to the members of the Broadmeadows Progress
Association and others the good news that you are a Premier who will ensure appropriate health
services urgently needed will be provided for without undue delay.

Awaiting your response, G. H. Schorel-Hlavka

p1 1-1-2010
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