Abbott needs a talking to, says Rudd

Abbott needs a talking to, says Rudd: "His views contrasted with those of Mr Abbott, who said: 'If you don't like what's happening in public hospitals now, don't vote Labor, because state Labor has created this problem and I think federal Labor would just make the problem worse'."

This is Australia 2007. Who has been governing Australia for how long? Facts not fancy. To then bring political potshots in to such a matter shows a marked lack of sensibility.These two women have been lonely and isolated in dealing with something which is heart rending and might have been avoided had we had enough staff. Hospital staff can only do what they can and priority becomes an issue when staff and facilities are over stretched. We are either going to have a health system which is civilised or we are not. At the moment this is not very civilised. If nothing else the experience of these two women in Sydney in Australia in 2007 is something which should pull us all up short and should make us realise we are not at all a civilised country with adequate health care. Blaming will not change the truth. I'd say we do need to change things.