Victorian Premier Denis Napthine has been approached in an open letter to reconsider his government’s proposal to sell off aged care centres.

Ballarat’s Ron Egeberg is concerned for the wellbeing of his mother who is living with Alzheimer’s should her state-owned aged centre be privatised.

It comes as the government moves to privatise some metropolitan aged care centres.

However there is no plan to apply the policy to rural and regional Victoria said a spokesperson from the Health Minister’s office.

Local MP Jaala Pulford has called on Dr Napthine and Health Minister Mr Davis to: “put the health and well-being of ageing Victorians first and foremost and reverse the plans to sell off public assets in order to prop up the state budget”.