Page 6415 - Week 19 - Tuesday, 17 December 1991

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COSTS. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT A LARGE BUREAUCRACY IN A HEALTH DEPARTMENT EAT UP A LOT OF THE COSTS THAT COULD BE GOING TO THE HOSPITALS.

WE WERE TOLD THAT LAST YEAR THE ST. GEORGE AREA HOSPITAL SAW 50,000 ADMISSIONS YET WAITING LISTS WENT FROM 36,000 TO 30,000. ALSO, THEIR AVERAGE WAIT WAS 6 MONTHS BUT THEY AIM TO BRING THEIR WAITING LIST TO 20,000.

THE ADMINISTRATOR POINTED OUT THAT THEY HAD TRIED TO INCREASE PRIVATE BEDS BUT HAD VERY LITTLE INTEREST FROM PRIVATE PATIENTS AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT MORE PEOPLE WERE OPTING OUT OF HEALTH FUNDS AND NOT CHOOSING TO INSURE THEMSELVES. DOCTORS BY AND LARGE, PREFER TO TREAT PATIENTS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS WHERE SERVICES WERE EXCELLENT AND EQUIPMENT WAS FAR SUPERIOR TO

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