Council claims emergency surgery win
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Tumut Shire Council has had a small win after raising concerns about local emergency surgery.
The council passed a motion this week calling for a local dialysis unit in Tumut and to support and lobby for the development of a new Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.
The New South Wales Government has dropped a $300 million Wagga redevelopment in favour of a $90 million upgrade.
Mayor Trina Thomson says it is an appalling decision and comes amid new reports that Tumut may lose its maternity unit.
Councillor Thomson says the motion also calls for continued lobbying for a new level three standard Tumut District Hospital and for the Greater Southern Area Health Service to immediately allow emergency surgery to be done at Tumut Hospital outside the hours of 9:00am and 4:00pm.
"That just does not seem to make good sense anywhere, economically or viably," she said.
"So the announcement was made last night that they are now going to, as of the 9th of August, they will have an on-call roster for nurses to deal with emergency surgery."
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