We talk about incident after incident where people lives are urgently rushed for emergency services by ambulance and it is a total mystery how the NSW Government is treating our community in respect to this.
It should be called 'Unemergency Services' as this is how people are being treat and then there is that later shock. The shock that you wouldn't expect if it was done right. The shock that if it happened to community members of North shore or Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, they would protest and get their proper service reinstated.
This is where we need to raise this issue again and again, until someone does see the light and turns it on our Mount Druitt hospital.
So, this is where a well respected community member from Hebersham, 'Billy' from Hebersham would like to let our Mount Druitt community know through 'whyilovemountdruitt' what has happened to a family of his and how he finds the system is unfair to our community members. He feels a lot of community members are not raising their voice for fear of being ridiculed and neglected because we come from 'Mount Druitt'.
So, his daughter was rushed from home at Hebersham to Nepean hospital in Kingswood not Mount Druitt Hospital in Mount Druitt by NSW Ambulance. Admittedly she was attended to and recovered but the issue goes beyond this.
Now the distance from Hebersham to Mount Druitt is 13.2km and the time taken by vehicle would be 20 minutes - just keep this in mind.
20 min (13.2 km) via Great Western Hwy/A44
Now the distance from Hebersham to Mount Druitt is maximum 4.4km and the time taken by a vehicle is 7 minutes - Now you see what we mean
7 min (4.4 km) via Carlisle Ave and Woodstock Ave
So point one, community members are taken further away for delayed medical assistance. Is this what Mount Druitt ans surrounding community members deserve for our hard working lives if we are in need of urgent or emergency assistance. At present, we are receiving 'Unemergency assistance', which needs to be picked up by all local authorities and placed into our Premier, Hon. Michael Baird, or the NSW Minister of Health Hon. Jillian Skinner laps. If both lived in Mount Druitt would they be very pleased with this health 'Unemergency assistance'? I doubt they would.
In fact, anyone living in North Shore or Eastern suburbs of Sydney, would not appreciate this service, they would be able to knock on the door of their local State member and ensure they get first preference in direct local medical emergency assistance.
Now, Point 2. A bill was sent to Billy's address for over $444.00 cost of trip to Nepean Hospital. So, as the NSW Ambulance Fees are charged charge a call out fee of $349.00 and then $3.49 per km thereof.
that means the 20 minute trip to Nepean Hospital is an additional $88.20, whereas the trip to Mount Druitt would be maximum $24.43 an overcharge of $63.77. If this is happening everyday then the NSW government will be reaping thousands of dollars from the people of Mount Druitt per year.
I recommend if we are taken by emergency services to Nepean or Blacktown hospital we are charged the ambulance rate from your from door to Mount Druitt hospital and all community members that that been overcharged be refunded as far back as this is happening.
Check out for the overcharged overdistanced bill:
Stephen Bali - 
