Bentleigh electorate health facilities
Mr STAIKOS (Bentleigh) (19:05): (2052) My adjournment matter tonight is for the Minister for Health in the other place. The action I seek from the minister is that she reschedule her visit to the Bentleigh electorate to sometime in the future, once this current public health emergency subsides. The minister was due to visit my electorate recently, to visit Moorabbin Hospital and also the Brighton ambulance station. At Moorabbin Hospital she was to visit what is the jewel in the crown I think of the Monash Health network when it comes to elective surgery. Peter Mac is also there. It is a very important hospital. But there is also Brighton ambulance station. We of course are building a new ambulance station in East Bentleigh, and I thought it would be a good idea for the minister to meet some of our local paramedics. Of course, the minister had to, very understandably, cancel that visit given the current COVID-19 virus. It is very understandable. When this subsides I would very much welcome a visit from the minister to these important health sites in the area.
I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the minister for her very strong, sterling work at the moment, on behalf of all Victorians, and the Premier as well, for his strong leadership. I would also like to take this opportunity, while I am on my feet, to congratulate and thank all of our healthcare workers who are going above and beyond at the moment and will be for the foreseeable future. I also thank the electorate staff in our offices, who are currently not only fielding a lot of questions from concerned residents of our electorate but also I think providing comfort to them while we are here in this Parliament. Could I just thank my own staff—Robyn, Edward, Ben and Betty—for all of their hard work. They are under the pump at the moment, and they are going above and beyond. I certainly appreciate their efforts.