Ms LAWRIE - 2005-02-15
Can you advise the House on the end of the full-time tenure at the Alice Springs Hospital of Dr Butcher, a long-standing member of the Alice Springs community?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, today, a joint media release has been issued by Dr Charles Butcher, along with the Alice Springs Hospital, and I will share the content of it with members:
Madam Speaker, I add my personal regard for Dr Charles Butcher. We speak a lot of time around the community and I hold him in the highest regard. I am very pleased that this matter has now been resolved to his satisfaction.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, today, a joint media release has been issued by Dr Charles Butcher, along with the Alice Springs Hospital, and I will share the content of it with members:
Alice Springs Hospital surgeon, Charles Butcher, says he is happy with arrangements surrounding the end of his full-time tenure at the hospital. Dr Butcher said he has had very satisfying discussions with management. ‘I have been flattered by the support shown by the public,’ Dr Butcher said. ‘I am very happy with the outcome of my discussions with management and I am looking forward to continuing my involvement with the hospital’.
Dr Butcher, 67, marks 25 years at the hospital this week. He and fellow surgeon, Dr David Hamilton, requested a job-sharing arrangement at the hospital in 2000 when he retired from private practice. When Dr Hamilton resigned last year, job-sharing became untenable.
Dr Butcher’s replacement, Dr Fred Boseto, a fellow of the Australian College of Surgeons, began work at the hospital this week.
Madam Speaker, I add my personal regard for Dr Charles Butcher. We speak a lot of time around the community and I hold him in the highest regard. I am very pleased that this matter has now been resolved to his satisfaction.
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