An Australian Catholic hospital’s petition against an unprecedented hostile takeover by the Labor/Green ACT government has reached over 33,000 signatures.
Without warning, bureaucrats will seize Calvary Public Hospital in July.
The medical service provider’s 1,800 workers will be merged into the public system, in what the Australian Capital Territory’s Health Minister said, was good for the ACT.
The decision breaks a 120-year agreement between the Catholic Church and the State, allowing the quality, faith-based healthcare provider to operate.
While giving lip-service to NGO medical care, Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, backed the move.
He then admonished those who viewed the compulsory takeover as setting a precedent for the...
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