Residents who have been waiting 20 years for upgrades to their remote WA hospital fear a planned redevelopment won't be enough to stop them having to travel for care.
abc.net.au/news/laverton-hospital-redevelopment-locals-still-concerned/102102698Gail Roberts has lived in Laverton, 950 kilometres north east of Perth, for most of her life.A nurse says patients requiring common procedures were being sent to KalgoorlieLike most of the town's long-term residents, she has welcomed news the state government is moving ahead with a redevelopment of the town's ageing hospital.
The stroke left Mr Roberts in Perth, paralysed and wheelchair bound, where he died before he could return home to Laverton. "With X-rays, there's only a certain number of nurses who have the skills to take an X-ray and if that nurse is not in town then we can't X-ray." Shire president Pat Hill said the upgrades needed to be prioritised over less "critical" metropolitan projects.
A government spokesperson said planned works would optimise emergency care facilities and include new beds, resuscitation bays and acute treatment rooms.
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