Possibility of elective surgery waitlist growing to 500,000 is not ‘surprising’

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No one should be “surprised” with the Australian Medical Association’s report showing the possibility of the elective surgery waitlist growing to 500,000, according to Shadow Minister For Health and Aged Care Anne Ruston.

“We’ve known for some time the impacts of COVID because of deferred care, people haven’t been screening, they haven’t been doing testing, elective surgery was put on hold because our hospital systems were responding to COVID,” she told Sky News Australia.

“Sadly, it should come as no surprise that we had a real challenge making sure that we catch up on everything that was put aside during the COVID pandemic.”

 

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That's not the Anne Ruston who oversaw as minister the illegal Robodebt extortion scheme is it? You know, the one that that led to many suicides after recipients were threatened and forced by debt collectors to pay debts they didn't owe?

Coz they want us all dead... Covid was/is the world's biggest rort....a website years ago stated the projected population for every country for 2030, said Australia would drop to 15 million... I used wonder 'oh yeah and where are the other 10 mill going the answer is underway

There needs to be a clean sweep through government you created this. You are there to serve the people remember that.

Maybe so but I’m sure if Albanese hung around in the country and made effective decisions on important issues that are causing grief to the people of this nation, then we would be surprised…

Yes, Ms Ruston it's what happens after 3 successive LNP Governments failing to adequately fund health care. You shouldn't be surprised it was totally predictable.

She’s not surprised because her LNP government caused it by tearing Medicare apart over nearly a decade

All those people turned away during covid haven't stopped being sick. The consequences of the anti-covid measures will prove to be worse than covid itself. There was an existing pandemic protocol, so why wasn't it followed?

How To Be Part Of The Problem with Anne Ruston (continued) Nine Long Years of Incompetence The Poisoned Well by The LNP

Good. We need to pay for the games

I can visualise her creeping through a boarding school dormitory, sniffing the air.

Yes Labour will save $$$$$ not people and yes you voted them in suffer long time 🖕🖕😂😂😂😂

Socialized medicine. You don’t see crap like this in the US.

Ruston crossed the floor in 2017 to vote with Pauline Hanson to cut funding for abortion services. Now she’s the shadow health minister. 🙄

Libs helped cause it by privatization

Anne Ruston obviously has a very, very short memory

Boy haven't the politicians, health bureaucrats and medical community stuffed the health system up

I guess the majority of these people don't have private health cover. I guess the majority of these people are Labor or Greens voters. Just saying.😌

Yes as stopping all elective surgery incase the hospitals filled up with Covid cases was a waste of time. The backlog of elective surgery now is biting hard.

More university places and easier entry requirements is one way of solving this shortage.

Governments need to start thinking about subsiding private health insurance, bring the rebate back up to 30% and abolish the life time health cover, subsided private healthcare for all pensioners and disability pensioners, that way we can bring down the long wait lists.

How's ya forced jab roll out working now.! Imagine being a media outlet who helped push the murdering shit...

Because you did it on purpose. So what exactly were you expecting

Shove that jab and governments mistakes with covid

Well you were in charge for 9yrs and only 3 yrs had covid19 tell me how you would fix it

The feds and state governments have shown they don't give too fcks about us!

Wow

No one should be surprised. Between the k.i.l.l.e.r Jab and Walk Outs... it is Clear. Motivation is clear-Extenction!

Thank you Airbus Albo.

Hey DanielAndrewsMP what a legacy

Yeh if they are short staffed well we know that reason - bring back the highly skilled staff who refused the jabs

She’s right

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