DAYS after Health Minister Shannon Fentiman claimed the Gladstone maternity ward was fully operational, there are now serious questions about how permanent the fix in Gladstone really is.
The Minister’s photoshoot came and went, but now we learn it is still situation “critical” in Gladstone.
Maternity services are being held together by sticky tape while the Palaszczuk Labor Government is more interested in photo ops with cake.
In January the Deputy Premier said it would take ten obstetricians employed across Central Queensland to get maternity services up and running.
We’ve asked the Minister directly whether there are ten obstetricians employed across the health service, and we’ve had no clear answer.
Are there ten obstetricians in Central Queensland, or not?
Is the situation a permanent fix, or is it destined to fall apart thanks to the chaos and crisis of the Palaszczuk Labor Government?
These are the questions the Palaszczuk Labor Government must answer.