Goalposts shifted again
If we ever needed confirmation that the only time a politician is telling the truth, is when their mouth is shut, it happened on WIN news on Monday.
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Let's go back to just prior to the last election. The state Liberal Party called a press conference outside the Leisure Centre at Vincentia. Among the normal pre-election waffle, it was announced that a new police station would be built in the Bay and Basin area to service that area. The press, and those residents who attended, were told not to worry as the police station funding had already been allocated.
Move forward, to after the election, and the goal posts had been moved. Surprise, surprise, the police station would now not be built until some time in 2017.
On Monday night, Shelley Hancock said it would be built by the end of 2019, within the present government term as promised. That would put the building of the station just before the next election. Another shifting of the goal posts, but who is surprised? Certainly not me.
On top of this the government has no idea where it will be built, but Vincentia was mentioned. Do these people that we put into office actually listen to what the voter is saying, or has said, for over ten years? The residents have stated time and time again that the station has to be more central in its location. Not only to service the Bay and Basin area, but also for the central Shoalhaven. Placing it in Vincentia, is not locating it centrally, and, is certainly not listening to the residents.
We live here and have a better idea than someone sitting in Macquarie Street what is needed for this area. Once again, we have been let down by one of our elected representatives. Maybe she is too busy to actually listen to her constituents, but this has left a very bad taste in my mouth and I know who I won’t be voting for at the next election, if she still has the audacity to run, that is.
L. Boucher, Sanctuary Point
Here’s to good health
There are many different stories regarding the parlous state of the health system in NSW, with budget cuts and failings of procedures – my story is different from that and is written in the hope that the wonderful people who staff the Shoalhaven Hospital get the recognition they deserve.
Recently, thanks to the skills and dedication of my local GP who was able to organise tests for me, I was then sent into the emergency department of the hospital. My doctor had phoned the hospital and provided me with a letter outlining my issues. I was very speedily accessed by the triage nurse and thus began the process of determining what was wrong and how to fix it. I was placed under the immediate care of a truly delightful young nurse who took the best care of me while I was assessed and a bed found. At all times I felt secure and while a little frightened, knew that I was in very good hands.
Later that day - and yes, ambulances began to back up - I was transferred to a medical ward.
The treatment there, from the consultants to the kitchen staff and cleaners was excellent. Nothing was a trouble to the nurses. The good humour and kindness was constant.
I was also very impressed by the fact that the care given was not only of the medical kind but of the social kind. Hours were spent with those who needed services once they were able to return home. That care surely goes above and beyond the call of duty and falls into the call of care.
I received the best treatment one could wish for, cold water brought in at nighttime when I was so very thirsty and always a gentle hand for a frightened patient who had never experienced the kind of pain I was under during this time.
I hope not to have to return, but in the event that I do, I would go secure in the knowledge that the care I will receive is second to none. I hope the staff get to read this grateful letter.