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Lady Bjelke-Petersen Private Hospital … a hospital operator has stepped forward\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 15, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Businesswoman Gina Rinehart’s $600,000 support for the South Burnett’s private hospital has helped to attract a Brisbane hospital operator to take over the facility.<\/p>\n

South Burnett mayor Wayne Kratzmann announced on Monday night that a hospital operator had been located.<\/p>\n

However, he would not name the company involved until the deal had been totally finalised, possibly as early as Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Mayor Kratzmann said he was always confident an operator would\u00a0 be found for the Lady Bjelke-Petersen Hospital, but the support by Mrs Rinehart – and the media coverage that this received – had attracted more interest.<\/p>\n

“They approached us,” Mayor Kratzmann said.<\/p>\n

“It is one of the smaller day hospitals in Brisbane but they do overnight as well, and a lot of research.”<\/p>\n

He said that because the resolution that was passed by Council before it went into caretaker mode was that the licence be transferred from Pulse Health to Council – and that this has to happen before March 31 – this licence transfer would still go ahead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mayor Kratzmann said health consultant Leith MacMillan had completed all the paperwork for the transfer and this had already been lodged.<\/p>\n

After the election, it would be up to the new Council to transfer the licence to the new operator.<\/p>\n

“It’s wonderful news,” Mayor Kratzmann said. “But I always knew this would happen because we were so close beforehand.”<\/p>\n

He said the Brisbane operator was “state-of-the-art”.<\/p>\n

Mayor Kratzmann said although the company operated a day hospital in Brisbane, this was not necessarily the model they would use in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

“But it will be all up to them,” he said.<\/p>\n

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