-----Original Message----- From: Webcentral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:55 AM Subject: [atsic] Media Release: Opening of the new Joyce Palmer Health Service, Palm Island >10 May 2000 > >Message of Support by ATSIC Townsville Regional Council Chairman, Eddie >Smallwood > >Opening of the new Joyce Palmer Health Service, Palm Island > > > >Like our ATSIC Zone Commissioner, Jenny Pryor, I am also unable to be with >you today for this most important event. > >I am attending the same indigenous leaders meeting in Brisbane. > >The provision of a modern, high quality new hospital to service the health >needs of our people on Palm Island is a major event. > >It is as welcome as it is long overdue. > >It remains a sad fact of life that indigenous Australians, particularly >those of us who live in the more remote parts of Australia, that health, and >for that matter access to a hospital, is a matter of life and death for us. > >There is no greater human right than the right to a full and healthy life. > >There is no doubt that this new facility will help to improve the health and >the lives of Palm Islanders. > >I am pleased to say that our Regional Council has made a major financial >contribution to this new facility, the Joyce Palmer Health Service. > >And that we have contributed to and helped the State government meet its >responsibilities of providing us with services that most other citizens >often take for granted. > >The Joyce Palmer Health Service should mean we will begin to see our people >here enjoy healthier, longer lives. > >I can think of no better way of honouring the life and work of Joyce Palmer >and all that she did, and all those babies she delivered over the years. > >I and my ATSIC Regional Council wish to thank everyone involved in making >this new hospital a reality for Palm Island. > >W e look forward to seeing the impact the hospital will make to life and >lives in Palm Island. > >Eddie Smallwood >Chairman >Townsville Regional Council of ATSIC > >Craig Sproule >A/g Administration Manager >Office of Public Affairs - ATSIC >Ph: 02 6121 4952 >Fax: 02 6282 2854 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
