From ABC Local Radio 612 Brisbane
Church sacks hospital directors in abortion row
By Emma Sykes
27 June 2011 , 12:29 PM
Nine members of a hospital board here in south-east Queensland have been sacked by the church that runs the hospital.
This raises an important issue - not just for St Andrews in Toowoomba - where this happened, but a wider issue.
If a Church is against abortion, should it dictate policy for a hospital under its ownership?
A board of directors or governors is appointed by the Church. Who does it answer to?
And what does this mean for medicine - what role or limitations are being placed on doctors?
Madonna King spoke to the Right Rev Graeme McKay, who is the moderator of the presbyterian church of Queensland.
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She also spoke to Dr Caroline Harvey, the medical director of Family Planning Queensland.
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Source: http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2011/06/church-sacks-hospital-directors-in-abortion-row.html?site=brisbane&program=612_morning
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Submitted by Ralph
28/06/11 12:50
Qld hospital sacks directors who put Drs autonomy & care of female patients over Vatican dictates. Where r u Anna Bligh?
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