December 2nd, 2009 by Cadet

A Mount Gambier woman recently diagnosed with breast cancer was turned away from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide yesterday after it was found she had no insurance. The woman, who had made the appointment to have the tumours removed after the initial diagnosis, had driven 5 hours only to be told that she was ‘jumping the queue’ and that another appointment would have to be made. The receptionist told her it was assumed that she would have private health cover.

This only weeks since Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had pronounced much satisfaction with South Australia’s rural health system after visiting Murray Bridge for a Rural Health Summit .