30 July 2008

Your chance to name the new hospital

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Katy Gallagher is asking children and, er, everyone else, to suggest a name for the new Women’s and Children’s hospital.

But it’s not just any old name she wants the kiddies to come up with.

    Ms Gallagher said the Government would like to name the new facility after a woman who had contributed significantly to the advancement of women’s and children’s issues in the Territory.

What’s the only name to come to mind? Why Ms Gallagher, you don’t want to get this thing named after yourself do you?

Normally the way these things work is they’ve already picked the name they want and are hoping some photogenic moppet will lob in the right answer to make for a friendlier media opportunity.

Suggestions to yourhealthourpriority@act.gov.au, but make sure you share them with us first.

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What about Sylvia Curley Hospital – to replace the building named after her that was demolished on Acton Peninsula?

tylersmayhem10:03 am 31 Jul 08

I third it. I think it’s the least that can be done for cutting short the life of a little girl because of a Government organised blunder circus to watch a building be blown up!

I second (or third or fourth!) Katie Bender Hospital (leave out ‘Memorial’). Great idea peterh.

Start a petition so the govt has to do it …

I liked the Katy Gallagher Memorial Hospital idea (i’ll even spell her name correctly!). What about the Jon Stanhope Memorial Hospital? He’s a big girl. I think they just want to build it to create the record for the number of different hospitals on the one site anyway.

Mr Evil said :

Canberra Dragway Memorial Hospital?

sigh.

probably the only way we would get even the word dragway in canberra.

Canberra Dragway Memorial Hospital?

So Crikey, you mean there is continuing community support for Katie Bender Memorial Hospital? 🙂

Hmmm, we ran this story some weeks ago. And guess what – we got the same responses that time as well.

peterh said :

It would be a fitting memorial to a child that was killed through the act of destroying one hospital. And would be a constant reminder to whoever was in power that there are moral obligations to the community, including children.

Hear! Hear!

mmm Starbuck….. I’d hit that!

tylersmayhem1:57 pm 30 Jul 08

Hahaha – awesome Mr Evil! LOL

Starbucks Memorial Hopsital?

Typical that they are fafffing around with the name, and yet they ahevn’t got hte actual purpose of this hospital sorted out.

Where is the birth centre they promised to expand a couple years ago?

ok, i have posted the Katie Bender Memorial Hospital to the email address listed.

so I now feel that i have contributed.

of course, It will end up being the “women and children’s hospital for the canberra region” or “moppet and mum repair centre” when the govt chooses the most inane name.

Aurelius said :

S4anta, why would naming it after Katie Bender cause headaches for the government? This regime didn’t kill the girl.

It would be a fitting memorial to a child that was killed through the act of destroying one hospital. And would be a constant reminder to whoever was in power that there are moral obligations to the community, including children.

S4anta, why would naming it after Katie Bender cause headaches for the government? This regime didn’t kill the girl.

Jonathon Reynolds12:11 pm 30 Jul 08

Let’s call it the Katie Gallagher Hospital

Can’t do that… the medical staff would never accept responsibility for anything.

la mente torbida11:34 am 30 Jul 08

or the ‘Katie Gallagher Memorial Hospital’ (we can hope can’t we>)

calling the hospital after Katie Bender probably would cause the government a few headaches one suspects.

Skidbladnir said :

Name it after Kate Carnell, anyone?

(Ran her own pharmacy, Former CEO of the Pharmacy Guild, supportive of Mental Health across Canberra and Surrounds, Destroyer of Young Girls)

drinker / driver, grass painter, not much good close to hospitals – they seem to blow up. still think Katie bender memorial would be a good choice – would curtail the plans to build that bridge near the museum…

LG,

They are trying that down here in Hobart, and trust me its not working…

There was probably a mother on the Siev X we could name it after – plus we could use those wooden posts as supports/foundations for the new building.

caf, I guess no body suggested the name they wanted 😉

Name it after Kate Carnell, anyone?

(Ran her own pharmacy, Former CEO of the Pharmacy Guild, supportive of Mental Health across Canberra and Surrounds, Destroyer of Young Girls)

Presumably they were less than whelmed with responses in the last two months.

stereo henry10:28 am 30 Jul 08

I imagine the hospital-naming-review-process could well go a little something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLcsPgYrZ9Q (skip to about 2 minutes in)

caf said :

Sir, this news is stale!

Ahh… but now it’s the moppets being asked to come up with a name.

Pleasing to see you’re paying attention though Caf.

Tyler,

It is anticipated to be part of the Woden jobbie.

My vote is for Beryl Henderson. Not only is it a ripper of an aussie name, and invokes one the best of the worst aussie telly shows, but she did more hard yarkka than the bloke in VB ad.

tylersmayhem10:20 am 30 Jul 08

Where is this new hospital going to be situated?

how about the katie bender memorial hospital?

certainly isn’t half bad, and won’t have the wrong katy in the name.

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