ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL IS NO MORE THAN AN ALOCHOL AND DRUG REHAB CENTRE. IN FACT DARWIN DOES NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HOSPITAL AND FEW REALISE THIS

Did you know that Royal Darwin Hospital is not even a public hospital? Yep. it is not even a public hospital. It is rather a large alcohol and drug rehab centre nowadays by the looks of it. Sure doctors will be offended by the comments i have just made about Royal Darwin Hospital but they are the ones who chose to treat drunks and druggies with much higher priority than the general population and the doctors don't want to treat even the most geniune cases as well. That is why I believe that this is a large alcohol and drug rehab centre with the banner of "Royal Darwin Hospital."

I believe the people are conned by the name "Royal Darwin Hospital" because the doctors want the people to assume it is a public hospital while covering up the fact that it is really a large alcohol and drug rehab centre and not a public hospital.

Darwinites who require treatment at a public hospital have no choice but to travel interstate for treatment because there is no public hospital in Darwin. There is the Private Darwin Hospital of course but the people wishing to use it will have to pay for it or get private health insurance. The Darwin Private Hospital is located next door to the Darwin Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centre for the Top End.

LET FACE IT ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL IS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THE NATIONAL TRAMUA CENTRE

I acknowledge the importance of having a National Tramua Centre being based in an Australian hospital in the event of natural disaster and terrorism but I highly question the current site where it is currently based in. Can anybody imagine having a National Tramua Centre being based at a alcohol and drug rehab centre? I can't and I am sure that no one can. How can the National Trauma Centre operate when there is no public hospital to operate on? Beside it is too far isolated and too far from a big public hospital. It will be better suited in either Perth or Brisbane, not Darwin because Darwin does not even have a public hospital.

SORRY BUT THE ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL HAVE BEEN RENAMED THE DARWIN ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHAB CENTRE FOR THE TOP END.

The Darwin Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centre for the Top End is now the new name for the so called Royal Darwin Hospital which is really a large alcohol and drug rehab centre and is not even a public hospital at all.

AND THE DARWIN ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHAB CENTRE FOR THE TOP END DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A MASTERPLAN TO MEET FUTURE NEEDS

Unlike most hospitals across Australia the Darwin Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centre for the Top End surprisingly (or not surprisingly - depending on who you speak to) lacks a masterplan to meet future health needs in the Darwin. In actual fact it doesn't know how to achieve anything and doesn't know what it is doing or trying to do.

CONCLUSION

I am not sure what to make of the Darwin Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centre for the Top End. I don't think it deserves the name Royal Darwin Hospital because it doesn't act as a true public hospital anyway. I don't believe this health care facility is even a hospital and it is more like a rehab centre for drunks and druggies.

If this is truly a public hospital it would have taken more care and attention to people with geniune needs who needs care but because it doesn't always do so I am lead to believe it is a alcohol and drug rehab centre because so many able bodied bludgers who drink and take drugs constantly go there when they don't even need to go there.

So people coming to Darwin are being greeted to a capital city which does not even have a public hospital and it is the only capital city in Australia which does not have a public hospital at present. There is the private hospital but be prepared to spend up big or get private health insurance. It is located next door to the Darwin Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centre for the Top End. Of course there are options - travelling interstate to Cairns or down south for health care treatment.

William Walker