So the fighting has begun- a post by a public hospital Surgeon #qldpol #smoqld #keepourdoctors
So the fighting has begun. I have worked and studied my entire life, culminating in a much-loved career as a specialist surgeon for Qld Health – so has my husband.
My friends and family will attest that despite our best efforts he and I are more often absent than present for important events. These jobs in health are extremely rewarding, but those rewards are not monetary – and they come at great personal cost.
I am a public surgeon. I do not work for the private health dollar. I do not earn a fraction of Newman ‘s ludicrously inflated ‘$400k per annum’. Let’s not let a dirty press campaign obscure the real issues in this fight.
Mr Newman and Mr Springborg, I will not be bullied. I will not be told I’m greedy, and ‘in it for the money’. I will not be slandered by the Newman government in a dirty Courier Mail smear campaign that would have you believe I’m somehow getting ‘rich’ off the eleven public children’s operations I did today, stopping only to nurse my infant son.
My husband and I love our work. We love our craft. We love our patients. But although I am a dedicated public specialist, I am also a wife and mother. At this point in my career I cannot – and will not – have my hours or place of work dictated on a whim by an anonymous hospital administrator. You would not sign this kind of contract, and nor will we.
The Newman Government war on health has just begun – if they take down the doctors, what chance do the nurses, allied health staff, wards people and support staff stand?
Good luck to us all – we’ll need it… And heaven forbid should any of us get sick.
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