Monday 9 December 2024
Traveling across regional Victoria in recent weeks, I have been struck by the stories of frustration, heartbreak, and failure in our health system.
There is nothing to celebrate after 10 years of Labor and Jacinta Allan, and it’s clear regional Victorians have been left behind.
Ambulance delays are at crisis levels and ramping clogs our emergency departments, leaving paramedics stuck outside hospitals while new emergency calls go unanswered or delayed.
But it doesn’t end there, with Labor’s promises on hospitals unfulfilled.
Elective surgery wait times remain long, leaving regional Victorians in pain and without hope.
Labor has had a decade to fix this mess, but instead they’ve starved health services of funding and failed to deliver on promises.
Its mismanagement and lack of support for our doctors, nurses and patients is costing lives.
Regional Victorians deserve better than a government that makes excuses instead of solutions.
It’s time to stop the chaos and put patients first.
Labor can’t manage health and regional Victorians are paying the price.
Danny O’Brien MP
Leader of The Nationals
