#QT - https://mastodon.social/@alwaysknownascrow/110929628499167132
Calvary Hospital in Canberra was a case in point. It was recently taken over by the ACT Government - it is now the North Canberra Hospital.
#PublicHealth #PublicHospitals #PublicFunding #ACTgov #ACT #Canberra

#PublicHospitals #ElectiveSurgery #DataSecurity I've been on an elective surgery waiting list with a public hospital group in Victoria since March. It was supposed to be a 3 month wait. So here I am 3 months later still waiting and I get a letter from them. I thought that it would be my appointment. But no, instead it's a begging letter asking me to donate to their charity. I doubt if the hospital group is doing all this admin for the charity internally. I am sure that it would have been sub contracted out. So I am a bit pissed off that my details have been passed on to some kind of charity collection agency.
A few days later I get a text message. I think that maybe this is the appointment. But no, it's just a link for me to go to another website with a domain name of personifycare and enter the details that they already have yet again. I don't trust it but I have no choice if I want to stay on the waiting list. So I enter all my details again and confirm that I still need the surgery. This hospital group seem very casual with whom they share their patients data. No wonder there's so many leaks.

#bravo :yes: The ACT government is expected to pass legislation Wednesday giving it power to compulsorily acquire Calvary public hospital, including its land and hospital assets, after announcing the plans for the takeover earlier this month. #publichospitals #freehealthcare #medicareforall #stopprivitisation

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/31/calvary-public-hospital-takeover-by-act-government-a-pre-dawn-raid-catholic-healthcare-ceo-says