Dale Ford
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (09:41): I would like to acknowledge the recent passing of Dr Dale Ford of Hamilton. Dale was a respected doctor who served the Hamilton community for over four decades. He was a friend of mine and a colleague when I worked at Western District Health Service, but he was also a fabulous support when I was at Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, a hospital that no longer exists, in order to look up training programs to support doctors and to attract doctors to the area. Dr Ford will certainly be remembered as a dedicated GP and rural generalist and an advocate for better healthcare outcomes, for better health care in the Hamilton community and also of course for better health training opportunities. I pass on my condolences to his wife Rowena, their three children Tanya, Adam and Edwina, his colleagues and his friends. Vale, Dale Ford.