Mandy completed the swim on Sunday 20th March 2011

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Some Background Info on the Closure of Warley Hospital in 2008

"Closing its doors for the last time"

Herald Sun, January 31st 2008
Written by Greg Hunt Local Member for Flinders

LATER today, Warley Hospital on Phillip Island will close its doors for the last time. 
The last patient has already left. The last nurse will sign off for the final time. The doors of the hospital will be locked forever.

There will be no more births or recoveries. No more palliative care
for residents wishing to spend their final days close to their homes and their families.
There will be no more hospital-based accident and emergency service for parents of toddlers or seniors with urgent conditions.

After 84 years, Phillip Island will cease to have a hospital. The not-for-profit bush nursing hospital will simply die...


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