Royal Adelaide Hospital

We were embarrassed again and now we are not. We were sounding off again and I guarantee we'll all be sighing a big sigh of relief and then offering profuse apologies to Majorie Jackson-Nelson, who does, although it might appear there is evidence to the contrary, hold our respect in South Australia. She was a good  governor and we liked her. We still like her but no way do we want a hospital which was destined to be called The Marj. She wouldn't either. We were pushed into it, bullied into it and now , because it was so close to happening , we have had to sound off in a way that we are heard. It is a sad state of affairs that it had to go this far before some pretty solid, resonable people were heard. It is pretty sad that Marjorie Jackson-Nelson may have been hurt in all of this, but I think she is a woman of great experience and she knows what we are on about. She will understand but  I think we need to make amends...Had there been a better way to stop the new hospital being called The Marj we would have used it. We have tried everything but the government is being very foolish again. They keep teaching us a lesson which is why we have grown tired of their pettiness. They didn't used to be like that. The government is still not listening to  the fact that our doctors and nurses are asking for the money to be used to extend and refurbish our current RAH onsite instead of creating a new building which is down the road. Two campuses. If you see the RAH, it is a lovely hospital with fantastic staff and the grounds have just got better and better. There is room for some updating and refurbishment , especially with lifts...and I daresay the hospital staff would be aware of what really needs to be done. I do not understand why the government will not listen to decent, reliable, dedicated people who have a good name. Our RAH is a great hospital. We are starting to collect a bit of a list of how the current government has lost touch with us. We are not rash. We are not stupid and some real voices of reason have put forward some excellent and well founded arguments. It is disturbing this might have become personal, because Marjorie Jackson-Nelson has been impeccable and we know that. It should never have come to this.