Establishment of an Ambulance Station in Glenwood

Eligibility - Electors of the Division of Maryborough
Principal Petitioner:
I Brown
15 Strawbridges Road
KANIGAN QLD 4570
Total Signatures - 277
Sponsoring Member: Chris Foley MP
Posting Date: 10/11/2004
Tabled Date: 10/11/2004
Responded By: Responded Minister on 6/12/2004
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
The Petition of the Electors of the Division of Maryborough draws to the attention of the House, Emergency Health and Public Safety, between Gympie and Maryborough in the Shire of Tiaro in South-East Queensland. There is public concern for the Emergency Health and Public Safety of the Travelling Public on the Bruce Highway and the Residents of the surrounding areas of Glenwood and including Anderleigh, Bauple, Curra, GlenEcho, Gunalda, Gundiah, Kanigan, Rossendale, Tiaro and Theebine through the lack of an Ambulance Station in the area of Glenwood, which in turn means a considerable delay in emergency help in the event of accidents on the highway and in the area. Glenwood has the largest proportion of the population of the Shire of Tiaro of which a significant number are retired persons and the Shire has six (6) Primary Schools and three (3) Kindergartens/Pre-Schools. The distance between Gympie and Maryborough has 90 Km of the Bruce Highway and Glenwood is approximately halfway. Your petitioners therefore request the House to release Funds and approve the establishment of an Ambulance Station in Glenwood or close proximity of Glenwood in the Shire of Tiaro as soon as possible so as not to endanger the health and further complications to the health of persons needing emergency attention.