By XAVIER SMERDON
WERRIBEE Mercy Hospital has performed better than the Victorian average in a number of fields, according to the latest industry figures.
The Victorian Health Services Performance Report for the June quarter was released last week and showed that the hospital was coping with an increase in the number of patients.
The figures show that in the three months to the end of June 7045 patients were admitted to the hospital, up from 6532 in the same period last year.
Despite the increase in patients 100 per cent of Category One emergency patients were treated immediately on arrival at the hospital and 77 per cent of Category Three patients were treated within 30 minutes of arrival at the emergency department, which was above the statewide target of 75 per cent.
The hospital also admitted 94 neonatal intensive care or special care nursery babies for the June quarter, up from 76 admissions in the previous three months.
Minister for Health, David Davis, said the improved figures for Werribee Mercy were despite funding cuts from the Federal Government.
“Victoria’s hospitals have also been hit hard by a $6.1 billion loss in GST revenue since the Baillieu Coalition Government came into office,” Mr Davis said.
“Canberra has pulled money back from Victoria and forced us to fund more and more of the cost of running our hospitals.”
