❓ Question regarding the treatment of the Member for Peel at Fremantle Hospital, specifically addressing the availability of beds, equipment failure, and the role of private health insurance. The Minister denies overcrowding was the issue and praises the Member for Peel's actions.
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MEMBER FOR PEEL - MANAGEMENT BY FREMANTLE HOSPITAL
My question is about the Minister for Small Business - the member for Peel - but I stress that this question in no way reflects on him, and I wish him a speedy recovery. I refer to the excuse provided by the government that the inability of Fremantle Hospital to properly manage the member for Peel was due to the failure of the urethro-renoscope. (1) Is it true that the machine was repaired within a few hours? (2) Was the real reason for the inability to properly manage the minister the overcrowding of the hospital, with no beds being available? (3) If the minister had not had private health insurance, would he have been sent home, as has been the fate of numerous patients with similar medical problems? Mr J.A. McGINTY
My question is about the Minister for Small Business - the member for Peel - but I stress that this question in no way reflects on him, and I wish him a speedy recovery. I refer to the excuse provided by the government that the inability of Fremantle Hospital to properly manage the member for Peel was due to the failure of the urethro-renoscope. (1) Is it true that the machine was repaired within a few hours? (2) Was the real reason for the inability to properly manage the minister the overcrowding of the hospital, with no beds being available? (3) If the minister had not had private health insurance, would he have been sent home, as has been the fate of numerous patients with similar medical problems? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(3) I was somewhat distressed on Sunday morning when I read the Sunday Times . The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong. The reporter concerned was Trevor Paddenburg. He was given the correct information, which was that the member for Peel had a bed at Fremantle Hospital. It was not a question of bed availability whatsoever. However, because it was too good a story not to print, even though it was incorrect, the reporter went ahead, I believe recklessly, knowing full well that the story was untrue. I have lodged a complaint with the editor of the Sunday Times . That is not something I do regularly, but that was a very good example of totally irresponsible journalism. The reporter was provided with the correct information but chose to write the sensational, incorrect story. It had nothing to do with the availability of beds. The West Australian , quite correctly, published the story a couple of days later quoting the member for Peel. He said that the bed had been allocated and he had been admitted to the hospital, but a laser machine broke down that morning. He was the next person due to be taken into the operating theatre. Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
(1) Is it true that the machine was repaired within a few hours? (2) Was the real reason for the inability to properly manage the minister the overcrowding of the hospital, with no beds being available? (3) If the minister had not had private health insurance, would he have been sent home, as has been the fate of numerous patients with similar medical problems? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I was somewhat distressed on Sunday morning when I read the Sunday Times . The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong. The reporter concerned was Trevor Paddenburg. He was given the correct information, which was that the member for Peel had a bed at Fremantle Hospital. It was not a question of bed availability whatsoever. However, because it was too good a story not to print, even though it was incorrect, the reporter went ahead, I believe recklessly, knowing full well that the story was untrue. I have lodged a complaint with the editor of the Sunday Times . That is not something I do regularly, but that was a very good example of totally irresponsible journalism. The reporter was provided with the correct information but chose to write the sensational, incorrect story. It had nothing to do with the availability of beds. The West Australian , quite correctly, published the story a couple of days later quoting the member for Peel. He said that the bed had been allocated and he had been admitted to the hospital, but a laser machine broke down that morning. He was the next person due to be taken into the operating theatre. Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
(2) Was the real reason for the inability to properly manage the minister the overcrowding of the hospital, with no beds being available? (3) If the minister had not had private health insurance, would he have been sent home, as has been the fate of numerous patients with similar medical problems? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I was somewhat distressed on Sunday morning when I read the Sunday Times . The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong. The reporter concerned was Trevor Paddenburg. He was given the correct information, which was that the member for Peel had a bed at Fremantle Hospital. It was not a question of bed availability whatsoever. However, because it was too good a story not to print, even though it was incorrect, the reporter went ahead, I believe recklessly, knowing full well that the story was untrue. I have lodged a complaint with the editor of the Sunday Times . That is not something I do regularly, but that was a very good example of totally irresponsible journalism. The reporter was provided with the correct information but chose to write the sensational, incorrect story. It had nothing to do with the availability of beds. The West Australian , quite correctly, published the story a couple of days later quoting the member for Peel. He said that the bed had been allocated and he had been admitted to the hospital, but a laser machine broke down that morning. He was the next person due to be taken into the operating theatre. Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
(3) If the minister had not had private health insurance, would he have been sent home, as has been the fate of numerous patients with similar medical problems? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I was somewhat distressed on Sunday morning when I read the Sunday Times . The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong. The reporter concerned was Trevor Paddenburg. He was given the correct information, which was that the member for Peel had a bed at Fremantle Hospital. It was not a question of bed availability whatsoever. However, because it was too good a story not to print, even though it was incorrect, the reporter went ahead, I believe recklessly, knowing full well that the story was untrue. I have lodged a complaint with the editor of the Sunday Times . That is not something I do regularly, but that was a very good example of totally irresponsible journalism. The reporter was provided with the correct information but chose to write the sensational, incorrect story. It had nothing to do with the availability of beds. The West Australian , quite correctly, published the story a couple of days later quoting the member for Peel. He said that the bed had been allocated and he had been admitted to the hospital, but a laser machine broke down that morning. He was the next person due to be taken into the operating theatre. Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I was somewhat distressed on Sunday morning when I read the Sunday Times . The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong. The reporter concerned was Trevor Paddenburg. He was given the correct information, which was that the member for Peel had a bed at Fremantle Hospital. It was not a question of bed availability whatsoever. However, because it was too good a story not to print, even though it was incorrect, the reporter went ahead, I believe recklessly, knowing full well that the story was untrue. I have lodged a complaint with the editor of the Sunday Times . That is not something I do regularly, but that was a very good example of totally irresponsible journalism. The reporter was provided with the correct information but chose to write the sensational, incorrect story. It had nothing to do with the availability of beds. The West Australian , quite correctly, published the story a couple of days later quoting the member for Peel. He said that the bed had been allocated and he had been admitted to the hospital, but a laser machine broke down that morning. He was the next person due to be taken into the operating theatre. Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
(1)-(3) I was somewhat distressed on Sunday morning when I read the Sunday Times . The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong. The reporter concerned was Trevor Paddenburg. He was given the correct information, which was that the member for Peel had a bed at Fremantle Hospital. It was not a question of bed availability whatsoever. However, because it was too good a story not to print, even though it was incorrect, the reporter went ahead, I believe recklessly, knowing full well that the story was untrue. I have lodged a complaint with the editor of the Sunday Times . That is not something I do regularly, but that was a very good example of totally irresponsible journalism. The reporter was provided with the correct information but chose to write the sensational, incorrect story. It had nothing to do with the availability of beds. The West Australian , quite correctly, published the story a couple of days later quoting the member for Peel. He said that the bed had been allocated and he had been admitted to the hospital, but a laser machine broke down that morning. He was the next person due to be taken into the operating theatre. Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
(1) Is it true that the machine was repaired within a few hours? (2) Was the real reason for the inability to properly manage the minister the overcrowding of the hospital, with no beds being available? (3) If the minister had not had private health insurance, would he have been sent home, as has been the fate of numerous patients with similar medical problems? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I was somewhat distressed on Sunday morning when I read the Sunday Times . The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong. The reporter concerned was Trevor Paddenburg. He was given the correct information, which was that the member for Peel had a bed at Fremantle Hospital. It was not a question of bed availability whatsoever. However, because it was too good a story not to print, even though it was incorrect, the reporter went ahead, I believe recklessly, knowing full well that the story was untrue. I have lodged a complaint with the editor of the Sunday Times . That is not something I do regularly, but that was a very good example of totally irresponsible journalism. The reporter was provided with the correct information but chose to write the sensational, incorrect story. It had nothing to do with the availability of beds. The West Australian , quite correctly, published the story a couple of days later quoting the member for Peel. He said that the bed had been allocated and he had been admitted to the hospital, but a laser machine broke down that morning. He was the next person due to be taken into the operating theatre. Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
(2) Was the real reason for the inability to properly manage the minister the overcrowding of the hospital, with no beds being available? (3) If the minister had not had private health insurance, would he have been sent home, as has been the fate of numerous patients with similar medical problems? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I was somewhat distressed on Sunday morning when I read the Sunday Times . The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong. The reporter concerned was Trevor Paddenburg. He was given the correct information, which was that the member for Peel had a bed at Fremantle Hospital. It was not a question of bed availability whatsoever. However, because it was too good a story not to print, even though it was incorrect, the reporter went ahead, I believe recklessly, knowing full well that the story was untrue. I have lodged a complaint with the editor of the Sunday Times . That is not something I do regularly, but that was a very good example of totally irresponsible journalism. The reporter was provided with the correct information but chose to write the sensational, incorrect story. It had nothing to do with the availability of beds. The West Australian , quite correctly, published the story a couple of days later quoting the member for Peel. He said that the bed had been allocated and he had been admitted to the hospital, but a laser machine broke down that morning. He was the next person due to be taken into the operating theatre. Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
(3) If the minister had not had private health insurance, would he have been sent home, as has been the fate of numerous patients with similar medical problems? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I was somewhat distressed on Sunday morning when I read the Sunday Times . The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong. The reporter concerned was Trevor Paddenburg. He was given the correct information, which was that the member for Peel had a bed at Fremantle Hospital. It was not a question of bed availability whatsoever. However, because it was too good a story not to print, even though it was incorrect, the reporter went ahead, I believe recklessly, knowing full well that the story was untrue. I have lodged a complaint with the editor of the Sunday Times . That is not something I do regularly, but that was a very good example of totally irresponsible journalism. The reporter was provided with the correct information but chose to write the sensational, incorrect story. It had nothing to do with the availability of beds. The West Australian , quite correctly, published the story a couple of days later quoting the member for Peel. He said that the bed had been allocated and he had been admitted to the hospital, but a laser machine broke down that morning. He was the next person due to be taken into the operating theatre. Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I was somewhat distressed on Sunday morning when I read the Sunday Times . The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong. The reporter concerned was Trevor Paddenburg. He was given the correct information, which was that the member for Peel had a bed at Fremantle Hospital. It was not a question of bed availability whatsoever. However, because it was too good a story not to print, even though it was incorrect, the reporter went ahead, I believe recklessly, knowing full well that the story was untrue. I have lodged a complaint with the editor of the Sunday Times . That is not something I do regularly, but that was a very good example of totally irresponsible journalism. The reporter was provided with the correct information but chose to write the sensational, incorrect story. It had nothing to do with the availability of beds. The West Australian , quite correctly, published the story a couple of days later quoting the member for Peel. He said that the bed had been allocated and he had been admitted to the hospital, but a laser machine broke down that morning. He was the next person due to be taken into the operating theatre. Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
(1)-(3) I was somewhat distressed on Sunday morning when I read the Sunday Times . The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong. The reporter concerned was Trevor Paddenburg. He was given the correct information, which was that the member for Peel had a bed at Fremantle Hospital. It was not a question of bed availability whatsoever. However, because it was too good a story not to print, even though it was incorrect, the reporter went ahead, I believe recklessly, knowing full well that the story was untrue. I have lodged a complaint with the editor of the Sunday Times . That is not something I do regularly, but that was a very good example of totally irresponsible journalism. The reporter was provided with the correct information but chose to write the sensational, incorrect story. It had nothing to do with the availability of beds. The West Australian , quite correctly, published the story a couple of days later quoting the member for Peel. He said that the bed had been allocated and he had been admitted to the hospital, but a laser machine broke down that morning. He was the next person due to be taken into the operating theatre. Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Dr K.D. Hames : I was told that it was repaired a couple of hours later. Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : On this occasion, it was. I cannot give the member the number of hours it took, but my understanding is that the machine was repaired quickly. I do not know whether that means within 12 hours or two hours, but I am happy to accept what the member says as true. Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Dr K.D. Hames : I only heard it second or third hand. Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : That would not surprise me, because it was not a major breakdown. However, it meant that the member for Peel would have had his operation delayed, because the machine was not working. Otherwise, he would have had to have the operation done by hand, and I understand that the member for Peel was not too keen on having that done, given where the kidney stone was lodged. Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr T. Buswell : Would you like to lay your hands on the member for Peel? Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Not in that area, no! Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Dr K.D. Hames : Hopefully, the minister will give consideration to the grievance coming from the member for Bunbury about this very machine. Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : He has not told me about it yet, but I will make sure I am prepared. The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
The issue with the member for Peel was that he has private health insurance, he was admitted to and given a bed at Fremantle Hospital, and he needed to have his kidney stones dealt with as a matter of some urgency - I noted the comments of the member for Dawesville about how painful a condition that is - and the urologist who was treating him at Fremantle Hospital gave the member for Peel the option of using his private health insurance and going to Hollywood Private Hospital for his operation. The member for Peel, knowing that there had been a bit of a delay, said that he would quite happily free up his bed to enable someone else to be brought forward to have an operation a little earlier. Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Dr K.D. Hames : What about other patients who are not so lucky, and do not have private health insurance, some of them from the south west? They get sent home. Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : They would then have got their operations earlier as a result of the selfless action taken by the member for Peel, at the suggestion of the urologist. The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
The same urologist then operated on the member at Hollywood Private Hospital. Would he have been sent home? No, because the machine was about to be fixed. However, an alternative was offered to him and I compliment the member for Peel on the decision he took.
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