HUME: Hospital locked up behind barbed wire fence
Craigieburn has a hospital that was completed last year but today remains behind a padlocked fence with no staff and no beds, says Northern Metropolitan MLC Evan Mul-holland.
“It has been seven long years and two elections since Labor promised a new community hospital in Craigieburn,” Mr Mulholland said.
“You have heard about the pub with no beer, but here we have a hospital that no-one can use.
“[The] budget confirmed that this commitment to opening the new Craigieburn Community Hospital has been pushed back to late 2026. “Many residents have contacted me angry about this, and to be honest, I am angry about this.
“Hume City Council even passed a motion asking the Government what on earth is going on with the Craigieburn Community Hospital.
“No-one seems to know, and the government keeps giving me, the community and the council nonresponses.
“You have got a brand new community hospital sitting there behind literally a barbed wire fence that is padlocked that no-one can access. “We need a proper community hospital – we need an actual fully blown community hospital in an area like Craigieburn – but there is a community hospital that is there, built, that no-one can use,” Mr Mulholland said.