THE return of Mildura Base Hospital (MBH) to public management is a victory for all those who people who fought the "good fight".

So says Member for Mildura Ali Cupper, whose fierce campaigning has helped lead to a Victorian Government decision, set to be announced on Friday, to return MBH to public hands.

"We are accustomed in our electorate since the late '90s of taking a lot of hits and being...