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Vetaffairs
Fix this textA NEWSPAPER FOR THE VETERAN COMMUNITY
Fix this textOCTOBER 1994
Fix this textINSIDE THIS ISSUE
Fix this text• The Repatriation Medical Authority - How It Works .... Page 2
Fix this text• Agent Orange, cancer link Page 3
Fix this text• Rimau campaign remembers as heroes re-united Page 4
Fix this text• Bougainville VCs Page 5
Fix this text•Philippines Liberation Medal Page 6
Fix this text• Slouch hat adopted for Rwanda UN force Page 7,
Fix this textGreenslopes Repat sold to private buyer
Fix this textRamsay Health Care will assume control of
Fix this textoperations of Greenslopes Repatriation Gen-
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Fix this textsame day that the Repatriation Private Pa-
Fix this texttient Scheme (RPPS) comes into operation
Fix this textfor the 67,000 entitled Queensland veterans
Fix this textand war widows.
Fix this textThe decision to transfer the operations of
Fix this textGreenslopes to private enterprise was taken
Fix this textafter extensive consultations with veterans and
Fix this textmajor ex-service organisations and follows a
Fix this textsimilar transfer of Perth’s major repatriation
Fix this texthospital, Hollywood, to Ramsay in February this
Fix this textyear after the company’s successful tender.
Fix this textThe Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Con Sciacca,
Fix this textstressed that the Commonwealth - through the
Fix this textRepatriation Commission and the Department
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Fix this text“As veterans and war widows grow older they
Fix this textneed wider options for local treatment. Under
Fix this textthe RPPS they will be able to go to their local
Fix this textpublic hospital or to Greenslopes without the
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Fix this textIndividual access to specialist medical practi-
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Fix this textAccording to Paul Ramsay, chairman of the company,
Fix this textveterans can expect continued priority access to the
Fix this texthigh quality treatment available at Greenslopes.
Fix this textAreas marked for upgrading in a planned $8 million
Fix this textbuilding and refurbishment program include the Aged
Fix this textMr Paul Ramsay (left), with repat patient Arch
Fix this textKeeling and the Minister for Veterans' Affairs,
Fix this textCon Sciacca.
Fix this textand Extended Care Department and the Psychiatric
Fix this textUnit, construction of new consulting rooms, improve-
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Fix this textMr Ramsay has made a commitment to maintain
Fix this textthe Chapel and the Peace Grove and the arrange-
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Fix this textThe new owner has also undertaken to maintain
Fix this textthe present high standards of service in orthopae-
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Fix this textteaching and research links with the University of
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Fix this textEric Kay, President of the Queensland Branch of
Fix this textthe RSL, has welcomed “the secure future” for
Fix this textGreenslopes. Speaking at a ceremony at which
Fix this textthe sale was announced, he said the veteran
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Fix this textMr Kay added that the RSL would continue to
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Fix this textLegacy and the War Widows’ Guild, to ensure
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Fix this textAn explanatory brochure on the new health ar-
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Fix this text‘WEARY’ WILL STAND FOR ALL WHO SERVED
Fix this text‘Weary’ Dunlop once said
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Fix this textNow Melbourne sculptor,
Fix this textPeter Corlett, has been cho-
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Fix this text“this wise and saintly man”,
Fix this textas Sir Ninian Stephen de-
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Fix this textCorlett’s maquette was
Fix this textchosen from six finalists in a
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Fix this textthe ‘Weary’ Dunlop Statue
Fix this textCommittee. It was the only
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Fix this textCorlett said referring to
Fix this textDunlop’s work in Changi
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Fix this text“The sculpture stands with a
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Fix this textCorlett first met Sir Edward
Fix this textin 1990 and decided there
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Fix this textmonths before Sir Edward
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Fix this text“I believe it was ‘Weary’
Fix this textDunlop ’ s mature psyche that
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Fix this textThe chairman of the statue
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Fix this textother designs had focused
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Fix this textTwo statues, which will be
Fix this textabout one and a quarter times
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Fix this textPrince Henry’s Hospital, and
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Fix this textCorlett - Simpson and his
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