The hospital has been operated by Ramsay Health Care since it opened in 2000. The Victorian Government will announce on Friday that it will take over management of the state’s only privately run public hospital. Premier Daniel Andrews will announce the public takeover in Mildura on Friday Ramsay Health Care has operated the facility since it opened almost 20 years ago Political momentum for the change in management had been building well before last year’s state election Mildura Base Hospital has been operated by Ramsay Health Care since it opened in 2000, after the Kennett government approached the private sector to build and operate a new facility. Its status has long been the subject of debate and over time a strong community push developed for the hospital’s return to public control. Ahead of last year’s state election, the lobby group Mildura Hospital Conversation and independent political candidates pushed for […]