Latham Has A Stack Of Influential Support

WHEN Mark Latham felt those sharp stomach pains that put him in hospital with an inflamed pancreas he was in his Sydney office meeting Bob Hawke, the second longest-serving prime minister and one of Australia's most popular leaders.

No Waiting, Apparently, At Some Public Hospitals

Do you honestly expect we ordinary folk to believe that, at Mark Latham's request to be admitted as a public patient, he would be treated in the same way as any public patient ("Inflamed pancreas lays Latham low", Herald, August 19)? What a joke. We all know he'll be getting the same treatment that a private patient would, just on the basis of being Mark Latham, public figure.

Inflamed Pancreas Lays Latham Low

The Opposition Leader, Mark Latham, stricken with pancreatitis which in some cases can take weeks to get over, was last night awaiting the results of tests to indicate just how quickly he can return to the campaign trail.