Top Doctor Points to 500 Dead Victorians a Year, Labels Bracks and Brumby ‘funeral directors’
Dr Peter Lazzari, one of Victoria’s most senior physicians, was blunt and direct on Southern Cross Radio today:
These waiting list figures of 500 deaths doesn’t even account for those who have continued to suffer pain, who have continued to suffer deterioration in their health, or maybe eventually get their operation but it’s higher risk
Bracks and Brumby are actually functioning like funeral directors and we (medical staff) are expected to support them in that.
We find that totally unacceptable.
We’re very upset, very distressed about this, and we demand action from government immediately.
And what was the response from the Health Minister’s office? Spokesman Ben Hart said:
We would like to see the evidence behind that (the figure of 500 deaths).
Here’s a suggestion Ben - one death is too many. Perhaps your time would be better spent on finding solutions to Victoria’s Waiting List crisis than shooting the messenger.
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