May 21, 2015
Private health care provider Healthscope will be sending representatives to Kingaroy on Monday to discuss the feasibility of taking over the running of the South Burnett Private Hospital.
South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann said council had contacted a number of healthcare providers about the future of the facility.
Healthscope had responded promptly and were keen to take a look.
The representatives will meet with Mayor Kratzmann on Monday at 11:00am and also hope to inspect the hospital facilities.
Healthscope currently runs 31 acute care hospitals, six rehab facilities and seven mental health units in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
It is the second largest private hospital provider in Australia, with 44 private hospitals and about 4400 overnight beds. It also operates a string of pathology clinics and labs, and medical centres.
The Mayor said he also had a very good meeting with medical specialists from the hospital on Tuesday night.
“I was absolutely overwhelmed by how supportive they are,” he said.
“I spoke to one of the specialists and he said his numbers were actually going up.”
Mayor Kratzmann said the specialists had also pointed out that the State Government would now have to pick up the travelling costs of their patients to Brisbane or Toowoomba.
The mayor is meeting with Health Minister Cameron Dick on Thursday afternoon to discuss potential hiccups surrounding the issuing of a new operating licence once Pulse Health leaves.
He said he also hoped to meet with hospital staff soon.
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