{"id":139241,"date":"2016-03-21T12:30:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T02:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=139241"},"modified":"2020-10-20T11:19:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T01:19:55","slug":"mp-responds-to-hospital-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/03\/21\/mp-responds-to-hospital-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"MP Responds To Hospital Petition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_135506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135506\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160218-kingaroy02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-135506\" title=\"20160218 Kingaroy Hospital\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160218-kingaroy02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160218-kingaroy02.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160218-kingaroy02-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kingaroy Hospital &#8230; Minister has responded to petition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99239\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/camerondick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99239\" title=\"Cameron Dick\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/camerondick.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health Minister Cameron Dick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>March 21, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Cameron Dick has confirmed that a business case for a new Kingaroy Hospital is being developed as part of the planning process to prioritise Health Department projects across Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a petition sponsored by Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington, Mr Dick re-confirmed that Kingaroy Hospital had been identified as a priority by the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Department of Health was now considering all projects identified as priorities by Hospital and Health Services across Queensland as part of the process to develop a five-year capital works plan.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was no suggestion in the letter sent to petitioners that the Kingaroy Hospital had been included in this plan.<\/p>\n<p>And Mr Dick noted that even if a project was included in the plan, there was no guarantee that it would be funded by the State Government.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139242\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hospitalletter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-139242\" title=\"Minister's letter\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hospitalletter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"1047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hospitalletter.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hospitalletter-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A copy of the letter that signatories to the Kingaroy Hospital petition received today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health Minister Cameron Dick has confirmed that a business case for a  new Kingaroy Hospital is being developed as part of the planning process to prioritise Health Department projects across Queensland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":135506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[172,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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