A collection of stories featuring local patients and doctors, push for a public-private partnership, meaning public patients could access a cardiac catheterisation laboratory.
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WHO'S SAID WHAT SO FAR ...
► July 22, 2015 Mayo prepares for cardiac licence MAYO Private Hospital has set up an implementation committee to prepare for approval of its Interventionist Procedure Licence application by the Department of Health.
► MAY 6, 2015 Talks with health minister MEMBER for Myall Lakes, Stephen Bromhead will set the agenda for the meeting at Parliament House in Sydney and it is expected to include the pre-election promise of $20 million for stage one redevelopment of Manning Hospital and the proposed Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) partnership agreement with Mayo Private Hospital to deliver public patient access to its Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory in Taree.
► MAY 22, 2015 Common sense prescription "A DOSE of common sense is needed to fix cardiac health care" for people who live in the Manning Valley, according to Cathy Whyte.
The Mayo Private Hospital Cardiac Catheter Laboratory in Taree is closed to public patients. It is closed to Cathy's 82-year-old father, Brian Abberton, despite the reality that his fragile heart needs intensive cardiac management and his care would be improved with access the private hospital's diagnostic and treatment services. Hunter New England and Central Coast health districts respond
► APRIL 8, 2015 Challenges faced by a public heart patient AS a public patient, Ken and Elaine say they have experienced numerous challenges when receiving cardiac treatment in Manning Hospital in Taree and John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle and they now look to Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) to give the green light to a public-private partnership agreement with the Mayo Private Hospital Cardiac Catheter Laboratory in Taree.
► MARCH 27, 2015 The heartbreak of travelling to Newcastle EVERY beat is precious. The heart of Chris Price is supported by a pacemaker and with only 30 per cent function it drives blood around his fragile body.
...Chris is only 63 years old but his daily fight to endure the challenges of chronic illness add years to his appearance his skin is grey and pallid and daily his family fear that his heart will again stop and he will have to travel to Newcastle to access treatment in John Hunter Hospital.
► MARCH 25, 2015 Heart patient challenges HNE Health's '48-hour turnaround' claim "THE 48-hour turnaround. That's a load of rubbish, I've never been treated in 48 hours. It's always been three or four days and in one case it was 10 days before I actually got taken down there," Mr Taylor said.
► MARCH 25, 2015 State MP supports cath lab public-private partnership MEMBER for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead this week said he could "see no reason why public patients should be required to attend a hospital in Newcastle" when the Mayo Private Hospital Cardiac Catheter Laboratory is in Taree.
► MARCH 20, 2015 Second class treatment - Taree cardiologist fights for public access to private hospital catheter lab CARDIOLOGIST Dr Sesh Narasimhan is angry.
He is stepping out of the operating theatre to declare cardiac patient care in the Manning Valley as "second-class citizen treatment" and brands as "bulls..t" the Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) statement that "the majority of Manning patients receive transfer and timely care within the agreed 48 hour timeframe".
► MARCH 11, 2015 Manning Hospital push for Mayo Heart lab partnership TWO years ago NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner sat across the table from Manning Hospital Medical Staff Council chair Dr Murray Hyde Page and Internal Medicine and Cardiology chair Dr Sesh Narasimhan.
The two men faced Mrs Skinner to lobby for a green light from the NSW government for a public-private partnership with the Mayo Private Hospital.
They wanted the NSW government to say 'yes' to public patient access to the Mayo's Cardiac Catheter Laboratory when it opened its doors and secured accreditation.