Interesting stuff.

https://tottnews.com/2021/01/21/qld-premier-father-genetic-company/?fbclid=IwAR1y_sH9okiXk9AnkStD9Vr-J8K1noiFwa6rM5GgWR2T9X3gfxQH_gt-Mbo

DHL driver can't find South Australia, last seen driving around the back blokes of WA somewhere near Broome. Remember a private enterprise company was given the task of delivering the vaccine, on day 2 they stuffed up!

I have worked for both government and private enterprise, and mhaze my life experience and a knowledge of history tells me, one is no better than the other. Both become large "bureaucratic" organisations by nature. I seen huge examples of waste in private companies, but that could be covered up due to the fact the company made lots of money and there were no mechanisms in place to track inefficiencies, such things were not questioned.

Paul,

Fully agree - large anything is inefficient. So why are you surprised that large government is inefficient and why do you want more of it? I've also worked with large private companies and seen monumental inefficiency. Indeed, for a time my job included finding and fixing those issues. Finding was easy. Fixing in the face of bureaucratic inertia, all but impossible.

But there's one big difference between inefficient private and inefficient public enterprises. The former tends to fail and decline until they are forced to drastic solutions. The latter tends to get bigger still until fixing the problem is essentially impossible.

On a related note, on the vaccine roll-out. I don't currently qualify but my parents do. So last week I took each to get their shot. Father went to the local small GP clinic. The jab was delayed twice due to the government promising and not delivering the doses. But when they got them it was the simplest of processes. A phone call the day before, a precise appointment time, in and out in 30 minutes which included 15 minutes enforced wait to make sure there were no reactions.
For medical reasons too complex to relate, Mother needed to be done at a large regional hospital. Delays in getting the doses were not communicated so we had two false starts. On the day we weren't given a time, just told to turn up. The process took 4 hours of what could only be called shambolic mayhem. The staff were as embarrassed and dismayed as you'd expect but had no idea how to resolve it. If you've ever seen an Emergency Dept in full swing with all its frantic lethargy, it was like that. But without the excuse of actual emergencies.

Hi mhaze,

We all have different experiences, just yesterday I had day surgery at the Mater Hospital Brisbane to remove a bad wisdom tooth under general anaesthetic. No cost to those over 65 (don't need to be an Aged pensioner) if you are willing to wait, if you first attend at a 24 hour public hospital or government medical clinic in Queensland, which I had, they referred me to the public hospital. My appointment yesterday was at 11.30am, following paper work, by 12.00 I was suited up ready to go. Then in waiting area, consultation with the anaesthetist and the young doctors, team of 3, plus a theatre nurse all doing their job. All asked questions, asked if I had any questions. My doctor a young bloke about 30, said from x-ray ( I had 4 or 5 weeks ago), it looked a good simple op, about 15-20 min in total 30-40 in theatre, I said fine by me, give it a go. Went in at 1.30pm, about 8 people in the op theatre, knocked me out and did what they had to do, didn't feel a thing. Back to recovery, when I was okay nurse went over everything I needed to do and take for the next few days, called my wife to come and pick me up (because of Covid). Home by 7pm, all good so far, Bobs your uncle.

I had the other side done about 10 years ago, back in Sydney, in a totally private establishment, cost me a packet with my out of pocket expenses and it was a stuff up from the start. My local dentist firstly made a botch, tried for 15 mins, couldn't remove the tooth, just cause pain at a price. Then the tooth doctor I was referred to, cause excessive pain and bleeding as well, I ended up at the public hospital one night getting treatment. It was an expensive shocker.

From a medical aspect Public health are doing a great job in Australia !
Bureaucracy on on the other hand is well, we all know !

I had exactly the opposite experience with Queensland public hospitals, except for the little one at Beaudesert. I was refereed for a knee replacement. For 3 years I kept getting letters from PA asking if I still wanted to see a specialist.

Finally I saw one who was not interested in me. My doctor called in some favors & got my case transferred to the Mater. A year later another specialist at Mater was not interested in me. My skin is now bruising easily. Another year later another specialist at Mater said he'd do it, & the day was set for next Thursday after final examinations. Then I get a barrage of emails wanting me at the mater every morning for a week including one the day after. The surgeon had obviously got cold feet.

I knew where this was going, so bought my mobility scooter.

Queensland health is not worth the time of day.