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The Border Watch : October 31st 2013
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 13 C Country Press SA Newspape NewspaperO The Year – 2010, 2011 & 2012 aper Of T ZOMBIES RISE FOR CELEBRATES 150 YEARS NEWS > PAGE 7 MRI delay frustration SANDRA MORELLO HIGH-PROFILE orthopaedic surgeon has continued his public fi ght to attract a lifesaving Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit to Mount Gambier. Barney McCusker said the city had been waiting more than 20 years for an MRI and he was struggling to understand why Adelaide had 17 units peppered across its metropolitan area while Mount Gambier was left without the service. A While it has been a long road in the push to gain an MRI, Mr McCusker vowed never to give up given the importance to the health of the regional community. “We are the biggest COMPTON SCHOOL www.borderwatch.com.au | $1.10 TODAY’S LIMESTONE COAST ALIVE CHARITY STORY INSIDE CARMAN EXITS THE KENNEL SPORT > BACK PAGE centre outside of Adelaide and we don’t have one,” Mr McCusker said. The outspoken medical professional - who is also a prominent member of the Mount Gambier Liberal Party branch - said he hoped the change in the federal political landscape would see a machine fi nally come to the Blue Lake city. “I saw a patient this month who had a spinal injury 21 years ago and was referred for an MRI scan in Adelaide,” Mr McCusker said. Explaining he had made a good recovery, Mr McCusker said the case highlighted the fact the city was still waiting for an MRI decades on. Continued page 6 ANGER: Mount Gambier orthopaedic surgeon Barney McCusker - dressed ready for surgery at the city’s hospital - continues his vocal public fi ght to attract a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit. Victim search Police scour bushland for body after vehicle found near Nelson M S sa MORELLO SANDRA sandra@tbw.com.au THE hunt for the body of Mount Gambier man Gordon Tearonui Hamm intensifi ed yesterday with Victorian homicide detectives and State Emergency Service personnel combing bushland north of Nelson. In a dramatic new development in the case, police have discovered a burnt-out Mitsubishi Pajero four-wheel drive 15km north of Nelson. The vehicle is believed to be conWEATHER > MOUNT GAMBIER TODAY - PARTLY CLOUDY 19° – PAGE 35 nected to the disappearance of Mr Hamm, 34, who is feared murdered following a violent abduction on the Nelson Bridge in July. Continued page 6 OPINION > PAGE 8 COMICS > PAGE 27 Betaglucare The natural healthy way to reduce cholesterol Stock will be back on the shelves within the next few days. Orders taken. 23-25 Commercial Street West, Mount Gambier • Ph 8725 8244 VICTIM: Gordon Hamm is believed to have been murdered. CLASSIFIEDS > PAGES 28-30 Picture: SANDRA MORELLO 625373 625728 618509
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