Thursday, 12 September 2024

 Tim McCURDY (Ovens Valley) (14:50): (822) My question is to the Minister for Health. Graeme Cocking, who lives in Cobram, requires transport three times a week to Shepparton for dialysis. Ambulance Victoria have told him that after 30 September this year they will no longer transport him for his dialysis needs. Mr Cocking’s daughter, who used to assist in travel arrangements, was brutally murdered in Cobram in April this year. As a pensioner, Mr Cocking cannot afford the weekly $600 taxi fee or the community car fee of $200 a week. I seek information from the minister on how Mr Cocking can get affordable transport for his dialysis, particularly as we do not have access to dialysis chairs in Cobram.