The reception of the new Griffith Base Hospital. Photo: MLHD.

The Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) has fought back against a push for it to be divided , releasing an online publication this week which outlines its reasons why the creation of a separate district representing the western Riverina would be bad for the public and patients.

But NSW independent MP Helen Dalton, who drafted a bill to split Griffith Base Hospital away from the Wagga-based bureaucracy, accused the MLHD of “lying”.

The MLHD published a ‘question and answer’ document on its website where it reiterated its opposition to Ms Dalton’s bill.

“Evidence shows splitting the district would cost more, deliver less, and put services at risk,” the document states.

“Splitting the district would not solve the wor

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