Paper Petition

The petition of residents of Caloundra draws to the attention of the House that the Premier Mr Peter Beattie immediately makes available the necessary funds to ensure that the Caloundra City Hospital receives sufficient financial resources for qualified staff, equipment and all other utilities necessary to ensure that this Hospital functions to its fullest capacity.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to: ensure both hospital theatres are fully operational; all hospital beds are fully functional; the new quick recovery wards are fully staffed and equipped; that there is sufficient specialists, GP and medical staff permanently employed to allow this hospital to make available to patients a seven day, twenty- four hour, out-patients and emergency service; reinstate the out-patients physiotherapy clinic; place in position additional financial resources into the Caloundra City Hospital Dental Clinic; employ more dentists so as to reduce the extended waiting time that patients must endure waiting for dental treatment.