News Update 2 February 2007.
Australian citizens have No assurety of health care in the Northern Territory.
In so far as we have all at some time seen or been following what little real Northern Territory News that is on our TV sets now a days but like me as of tonight 2 February 2007.
Nice one " Claire Martin ".
So much also for our own Metropolitan City of Palmerston in the Northern Territory in that where indeed there has been No assurety of health care what so ever in that we here in The City of Palmerston dont even have our own 24/7 Medical centre now some 7 years after having been declared a CITY !.
We have indeed paid dearly for that fact to date.
For years now we have heard that Government and The Royal Darwin Hospital have been getting all this money even upgrading the Royal Darwin Hospital as long as you dont look too closely at that fact.
In as far as we Australian citizens are concerned it would seem that Northern Territory Health and the NT Government looks on us only to pay the bills for all this and for us residents of The Northern Territory to forgo our own health care !.
Rather than what The Northern Territory Government should be looking after is our own Australian Citizens in which our own Citizens health care has gone right out the window at least here in The city of Palmerston.
One can not even get one's own government entitlement such as dental treatment, let alone if one breaks a leg or arm or just getting sick you will have to some how travel into The Royal Darwin Hospital some 20 KM away and put up with an estimated 5 to 7 hours wait in their outpatient department.
So is this a good deal for Australians supposedly being first world country or what ?.
So this address is to The Mayor of The City of Palmerston Miss Annette Burke and Elected Members and all residents of The City of Palmerston Northern Territory.
I would also ask what indeed has our own City of Palmerston City council been doing about all this since we are a CITY along with seeing whats been posted on the The City of Palmerston Councils web site in that Palmerston City is a great place to live for familys.
In that to take notice of these facts and I would ask where is our Hospital or 24/7 Medical centre as locally we are all fed up with the two faced lie's and bull crap that has been forth coming from our own so called Elected Members over these past 7 years after all we are a " CITY " and every City that I know of has its own hospital or at least a Government assisted 24/7 Medical centre seeing how we are paying more rates and taxes as having been declared a city since 2000.
What The Palmerston City council have forgoten to tell you is ...just dont break a leg or get sick !.
I have been left with the irreputable impression by Northern Territory Health and Northern Territory Government as far as being an Australian Citizen we are left out in the cold yet once again.
So here we are now in 2007 and at least for our Local residents of The City of Palmerston and surrounding areas we see that The Royal Darwin Hospital seem to be busy looking after over seas patients for FREE!.
