Petition

This petition of residents of Queensland draws to the attention of the
House the constant concerns of residents who use the Gladstone Base
Hospital that funding for the hospital has not kept pace with the needs
of the region. Hospital wards have been closed and amalgamated ie. there
was a medical and a surgical ward now both are combined with only a
dividing wall but no tangible infection control; children’s ward has been
closed and a very small ward taken adjacent to the labour ward doors.
The medical staff are commended for their work under very demanding
conditions however there are regular incidents of residents not admitted
because of insufficient beds.
Your petitioners therefore request the House to increase the financial
allocation to the Gladstone Hospital; increase staff at the hospital
(nurses, doctors and specialists); re-open closed wards to ensure
adequate bed space.