Wednesday, 15 October 2025

 Tom McINTOSH (Eastern Victoria) (09:56): We had exciting news at Rosebud Hospital when the Minister for Health joined me to announce $4 million in funding. We went out there this year, talking to community about how much the community love the Rosebud Hospital – the family feel, the doctors, the nurses, all the staff and indeed the volunteers at the hospital. It is not just sentiment around the southern peninsula about the hospital. The data has come back for Frankston and Rosebud hospitals. Their ambulance transfer times lead the state. Congratulations to Helen Cooper and everyone at Peninsula Health. It was just so exciting to be able to invite Sue Gilbert along. She did not know why she was coming to the hospital. When we announced the $4 million in funding upgrades, it meant so much to her. Thank you to Sue and everyone else who has advocated for the hospital and for what it means to the entire community. As I said to Peninsula Health, to all those doctors, nurses and staff – Jacqui Allen, director of nursing, came and joined us and showed us around – there is lots more to do, but Rosebud Hospital is here to stay.