Minister Cunliffe Caught Out On CCDHB
Minister Cunliffe Caught Out On CCDHB
The article in the
latest edition of the 'Hawkes Bay Today' newspaper
flies
in the face of Health Minister David Cunliffe's claim that I
was
effectively lying when I stated in the House that
people from other
hospitals were dying as a result of
Capital & Coast DHB's failures, ACT
New Zealand Health
Spokesman and Wellington-based MP Heather Roy
said
today.
"This article - titled 'HB Heart Patients
Dying For Surgery' - has
confirmed my statement while, at
the same time, disproved the Minister's
claim that I am a
liar," Mrs Roy said.
"Mr Cunliffe should be embarrassed
that he has been caught and - out of
shame, if nothing
else - now come clean on how other DHBs are affected
when
they too rely on CCDHB for tertiary healthcare services for
their
patients.
"Further, the Minister continues to
refuse to answer the question I
originally asked of him
in Parliament last week: has he personally been
advised
of any of the deaths of patients on waiting lists for
tertiary
surgery at Wellington Hospital in the past
year?
"This is a simple question that requires an equally
simple 'yes' or 'no'
answer. Instead of wasting his time
making personal attacks on me, Mr
Cunliffe should be
trying to improve the serious situation at CCDHB
by
appointing an independent Commissioner - someone free
of the political
interference that he and his Ministry
are notorious for," Mrs Roy said.
(Note: The article 'HB
Heart Patients Dying For Surgery' can be viewed
at
http://www.hbtoday.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=localnews&storyid=3757796)
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