Tumut Shire to lobby for new hospital

Tumut Shire Council is fed up with the condition of the town's l07-year old hospital and will lobby the state government for a new hospital.

A petition signed by 1800 people was handed to council by No More Bandaid Solutions president Kevin Swann. The petition labelled Tumut District Hospital as inefficient, inappropriate, unsafe and in urgent need of replacement.

Mr Swann said the economy of Tumut had grown with investment from the forestry industry but with out a new hospital its expansion could be jeopardised.

The group said under the current timetable set out by the Greater Southern Area Health Service, the town's new hospital could be ten years away from being completed.

The Daily Advertiser

April 26 2006