Footscray Hospital
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Oct 30, 2026
Jacqui FelgateHOST
Now, what's happened?
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Oh, look, this week I had a medical emergency where I had to be admitted to the new $1.5 billion bill here in Footscray Hospital.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
And I checked into the emergency unit on Tuesday morning at around 9.30pm. Um, and, uh, as I was checking in and by, you know, the triage nurse was asking me questions and getting all my information.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Um, they told me that the wait times would be quite considerable.
Pat PanettaHOST
Is this the level of hospital care that we should just get used to and expect across the country or in Victoria? Or is it broken? Now, somebody, so it's not me, obviously.
Pat PanettaHOST
Somebody close to me had to go to emergency, the Footscray Hospital in the West early in the week.
Pat PanettaHOST
So it was Sunday.
Pat PanettaHOST
So it's a serious issue.
Pat PanettaHOST
So you have to go to emergency.
Pat PanettaHOST
We rush him off to emergency and we have to get in there because of the health concerns with what's going on.
Pat PanettaHOST
So we get to the Footscray Hospital and there's a 10-hour wait.
Pat PanettaHOST
Is that acceptable? A 10-hour wait going to emergency because it's an emergency and you have to wait 10 hours.
Louise SchaperHOST
Such diversity across allied health and to have an organisation that celebrates allied health professionals and to be invited to be part of that is fantastic.
Louise SchaperHOST
And I got to go to the new Footscray Hospital as well.
Louise SchaperHOST
So I got a little tour and hospitals are different.
Louise SchaperHOST
These new buildings, they're more like, you know, the American TV shows that we love, George, with the And they're all like so fancy.
George MargelisHOST
Great big lobbies and glass everywhere and marble.
George MargelisHOST
The
Louise SchaperHOST
New Footscray Hospital is just beautiful.
Louise SchaperHOST
I got a tour of a few of the wards and there's plants everywhere.
Laura SpurwayHOST
Jeff, that's always the tussle, isn't it? It's where are we best allocated to spend or where should we best spend the money at the moment? There are so many things that are in need of help.
Laura SpurwayHOST
I know I spoke to Jackie Felgate yesterday about a situation with an 82-year-old waiting 18 hours at Footscray Hospital, brand new hospital, very nice, but doesn't have the adequate staff.
Laura SpurwayHOST
You're probably not alone in that viewpoint, Jeff.
Laura SpurwayHOST
Five to seven billion.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
and add that one to the list.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
Also the new Footscray Hospital.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
So we built this snazzy new Footscray Hospital and well about time, like it's very much needed.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
I've been told, I'm going to speak to relatives later in the show, an 82-year-old man went to the local clinic, the 24-hour clinic that you're meant to go to first.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
He had significant breathing issues and heart pain, and they said straight away, go to the New Footscray Hospital.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
It opened on February 18th.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
And since that time, including in August, the government has been down there, minister after minister, MP after MP, spruiking how wonderful it is, cutting ribbons, getting photos, and generally doing that ridiculous walk and talk thing that they do.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
You've got people sleeping on the floor.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
I began the program by talking about the new Footscray Hospital as well.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
And the reason I think this is important is that this is a brand new hospital designed to service the West.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
And I think for a lot of people who've used it, the experience, because of a lack of staffing and a lack of money, has been subpar.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
So if you have frequented the hospital or been, what was your experience like? And the issue I have here is the government has put out media release after media release saying how wonderful the new Footscray Hospital is, how Labor delivers new hospitals and Liberals won't do that, the One Nation Party won't do that, and they've been down there multiple times cutting ribbons and having photo shoots with people at the new hospital.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
But the reality is far different.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
If you've been, let me know.
Jacqui FelgateHOST
Hi, Rowena.
RowenaGUEST
Hi, Jackie.
Jordan TunbridgeCORRESPONDENT
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Jordan TunbridgeCORRESPONDENT
An elderly man suffering heart and breathing problems has waited more than 18 hours for treatments at the new Footscray Hospital.
Jordan TunbridgeCORRESPONDENT
His daughter Rowena claiming the emergency department was overflowing with patients in recent days, some with no choice but to lie on the floor.
Jordan TunbridgeCORRESPONDENT
The Premier says he's only human after forgetting to pay for petrol.
Tony BarryGUEST
You can't kick it down the road.
Tony BarryGUEST
You know, when interest repayments every year is taking up $22 billion, for a sense of scale, the Footscray Hospital that's been redeveloped although a lot of beds aren't being used according to media reports because of personnel not having enough staff.
Tony BarryGUEST
But the Footscray Hospital, which is state-of-the-art, that's $2 billion.
Tony BarryGUEST
Yeah.
Tony BarryGUEST
So $22 billion is 11 Footscray Hospitals every year that could be built.
Tony BarryGUEST
Right.
Tony BarryGUEST
And I think, again, the missing part of this narrative is is the consequences.
46 MINS LATER
Tom ElliottHOST
Wayne says this sort of behaviour starts at the top.
Tony BarryGUEST
You can't kick it down the road.
Tony BarryGUEST
You know, when interest repayments every year is taken up to $22 billion, for a sense of scale, the Footscray Hospital that's been redeveloped although a lot of beds aren't being used according to media reports because of personnel not having enough staff.
Tony BarryGUEST
But the Footscray Hospital, which is state-of-the-art, that's $2 billion.
Tony BarryGUEST
Yeah.
Tony BarryGUEST
So $22 billion is 11 Footscray Hospitals every year that could be built.
Tony BarryGUEST
Right.
Tony BarryGUEST
And I think, again, the missing part of this narrative is is the consequences.
Mohamed SemraGUEST
So Jemena and Zyphra have obviously done this without our okay, and we've made that known.
Mohamed SemraGUEST
We've negotiated a stop to all 22, uh, meter poles, but essential work will continue, and that's to service the Footscray Hospital.
Mohamed SemraGUEST
Uh, any renewal work with existing poles like for like, uh, is definitely frustrating.
Mohamed SemraGUEST
We've heard a lot about data centers recently, you know, the impact on water, the diesel storage, the noise, and w-we've worked as best as we can with community to elevate their voices.
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