Vic unions rally over hospital funding VICTORIAN health unions will urge an end to a stoush between the state and federal governments over hospital funding during a rally on Sunday. Health professionals will join community groups, patient advocates and unions for the 11am (AEDT) protest at Melbourne's Treasury Gardens. Victorian Trades Hall Council secretary Brian Boyd says Victorians deserve safe hospital care and the funding mess must be fixed. "The Gillard and Baillieu governments must stop squabbling between themselves over budgets and funding," Mr Boyd said in a statement. A meeting between federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek and her Victorian counterpart, David Davis, in Melbourne on Friday failed to resolve the disagreement. Hundreds of beds have closed and thousands of elective surgery procedures have been cancelled as each side blames the other for cutting funds.