Paper Petition

The petition of residents of Caloundra draws to the attention of the
House that the Premier Mr Peter Beattie immediately makes available the
necessary funds to ensure that the Caloundra City Hospital receives
sufficient financial resources for qualified staff, equipment and all
other utilities necessary to ensure that this Hospital functions to its
fullest capacity.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to: ensure both hospital
theatres are fully operational; all hospital beds are fully functional;
the new quick recovery wards are fully staffed and equipped; that there
is sufficient specialists, GP and medical staff permanently employed to
allow this hospital to make available to patients a seven day, twenty-
four hour, out-patients and emergency service; reinstate the out-patients
physiotherapy clinic; place in position additional financial resources
into the Caloundra City Hospital Dental Clinic; employ more dentists so
as to reduce the extended waiting time that patients must endure waiting
for dental treatment.