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22 September 2010
Victoria Shadow Minister for Health David Davis NO AMBO: MARYBOROUGH MAN FORCED TO TAKE $300 TAXI RIDE TO HOSPITAL Victor P Taffa BRUMBY GOVT’S FAILURE TO TAKE ACTION – CRISIS IN REGIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE A Maryborough man was forced to take a taxi to St Vincent’s Hospital on Sunday after severing a finger when no Ambulance was available, [...]
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22 September 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Paramedic Numbers to Double in Mandurah Victor P Taffa The number of Career Paramedics is set to double in Mandurah under a $1.1 Million State Government investment, Health Minister Kim Hames said today. Dr. Hames said the staffing increase, from 11 to 22 Career Paramedics, was part of the Government’s record $146 [...]
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22 September 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Twenty WA Student Nurses to Work in Tanzania Victor P Taffa Twenty Student Nurses from Five of Western Australia’s Universities will travel to Tanzania in November to broaden their experience and provide care to people in the Developing World, Health Minister Kim Hames said today. The grants are part of $100,000 State [...]
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18 September 2010
Victoria Shadow Minister for Health David Davis BRUMBY’S AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIME DISASTER Victor P Taffa Ambulance response times are continuing to blow out under Victoria Premier John Brumby, with the Department of Health 2009-10 Annual Report released yesterday showing response times are worsening, putting the lives and health of Victorians at risk. The report shows Ambulance Victoria failed to [...]
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10 September 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Record Number of New Doctors Set to Work in WA Hospitals Victor P Taffa A record 265 Medical Graduates will start internships in Western Australia’s Public Hospitals next year, Health Minister Kim Hames said today. Dr. Hames said the record figure represented a 30 % increase in internships since 2008 and was [...]
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10 September 2010
Victoria Shadow Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan VIC COALITION WILL UPGRADE MILDURA HOSPITAL Victor P Taffa A Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition Government will invest $5 Million in Capital Works to significantly expand capacity and increase services at Mildura Base Hospital, Shadow Minister for Regional and Rural Development and Leader of The Nationals Peter Ryan said [...]
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06 September 2010
Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett Western Australia Minister for Mental Health Graham Jacobs Continued Progress at Kalgoorlie Health Campus Victor P Taffa Tenders have been called to continue the $55.8 Million transformation of the Kalgoorlie Health Campus. Premier Colin Barnett joined Mental Health Minister and Eyre MLA Graham Jacobs in Kalgoorlie-Boulder today to check progress on the Stage One works, [...]
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31 August 2010
Western Australia Minister for Mental Health Graham Jacobs Alcohol and Drug Symposium to Tackle the Hard Questions Victor P Taffa In the wake of recent estimates that alcohol and harmful drinking is costing the community more than $36 Billion a year, more than 300 people from across Australia are gathered in Fremantle today for the 17th Western Australian Symposium: [...]
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31 August 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Funding Boost Helps Those Most in Need Victor P Taffa More people in need will be able to see a general practitioner (GP) and receive vital medical care thanks to a State Government funding boost announced today. Health Minister Kim Hames said more than $1.1 Million had been allocated to three programs [...]
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31 August 2010
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Chronic Kidney Disease a Rising Burden on Australia’s Hospitals—and Set to Worsen Victor P Taffa Hospitalisations related to chronic kidney disease (CKD) are increasing, and look likely to remain a significant burden to Australia’s health care system, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. People with [...]
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30 August 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Fiona Stanley Hospital Road and Park Names Revealed Victor P Taffa Health Minister Kim Hames today announced the names of 12 new roads and two conservation parks at the Fiona Stanley Hospital site. “The roads and parks in the new precinct are to be named after eminent West Australians from the health [...]
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30 August 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames New ICU for Armadale Kelmscott Memorial Hospital Victor P Taffa Up to 500 patients a year will benefit from a new Intensive Care Unit officially opened today at Armadale Kelmscott Memorial Hospital (AKMH). Health Minister Kim Hames said the new facility would increase the hospital’s capability to treat patients with potentially life-threatening [...]
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27 August 2010
Western Australia Minister for Mental Health Graham Jacobs Minister Opens New Homeless Adult Accommodation Service Victor P Taffa Homeless Adults with a Mental Illness have from today, a greater chance of finding work and securing accommodation with the opening of a new service in East Perth. Mental Health Minister Graham Jacobs, who launched the service, said homeless people with [...]
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21 August 2010
Victor P Taffa When we were growing up we were told and it was demonstrated to us that all Doctors were good people and would make you better. What changes is when Doctors know that you have Political Ambitions. In December 1982 as a 17 year old Victor P Taffa joined the Liberal Party because it stood for [...]
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