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❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks data on abortions and sterilisations performed at Swan District Hospital prior to its closure. The answer provides specific numbers for abortions and sterilisations, broken down by gender for the latter.

AnsweredQoN 2735Legislative Council

Asked

25 February 2015

Member

Hon Nick Goiran

Portfolio

Health

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I refer to the pending closure of Swan District Hospital, and I ask: (a) are abortion of pregnancies currently being performed at this hospital; (b) if yes to (a), how many abortions of pregnancies occurred there in each of the past five calendar years; (c) are sterilisations currently being performed at this hospital; and (d) if yes to (c), how many sterilisations occurred there in each of the past five calendar years?

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Answered

24 March 2015

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health

Response time

27 days

(a) Yes.
(b) 2010 - 2
2011 - 1
2012 - 1
2013 - 2
2014 - 2
(c) Yes.
(d) Please refer to table provided detailing the numbers of patients admitted for a sterilisation procedure at Swan District Hospital.
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Male
173
143
141
156
151
Female
33
36
50
31
74
Total
206
179
191
187
225

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