Newcastle News
NEW MAITLAND HOSPITAL TO REMAIN IN PUBLIC HANDS
After years of uncertainty, the New South Wales government has announced Maitland’s new hospital will be publicly operated and built.
It means partnership plans, with both the private and not-for-profit sector, have been scrapped.
Maitland MP Jenny Aitchison says the decision is an enormous win for the community.
“This has been a hard battle, and there have been many times where we just thought you know should we give up but we just kept going.”
Work on the $450-million facility at Metford began late last year.
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