Murwillumbah hospital on the NSW far north coast is so cash-stretched that it can no longer afford to pay its running expenses, and it is not alone, writes Alex Mitchell.
Health dollars
Health policy geared for hospitals and the well-to-do
Yes, of course it’s a pre-election, pre-emptive strike by the Labor states and territories in their perennial battle with the Feds over hospital funding. But that doesn’t mean the report analysing Federal health funding, released yesterday by states and territories, doesn’t say a few things worth hearing.
