Nurses bring their own soap to work at the Royal North Shore Hospital (Australia)

"It may be one of the leading trauma centres in Australia but patients and nurses at Royal North Shore Hospital have to bring their own soap. Nurses at the hospital have revealed cash flow problems have caused the Intensive Care Unit to run out of basic hygiene supplies. The State Government ordered a review of the $1 billion redevelopment after surgeons said operating theatres were too small. As of December 2008, the Northern Sydney and Central Coast Area Health Service, Royal North Shore Hospital, owed $25.8million on a total 11,214 bills. A nurse, who did not wish to be identified, said colleagues in ICU had bought soap last month because stores had run out." - news.com.au