Ms. Mettam questions the Minister for Health regarding code yellows at Fiona Stanley and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospitals due to digital outages, seeking assurance that preventative measures are in place. The Minister responds by highlighting the State Health Operations Centre and existing procedures.

AnsweredQoN 751Legislative Assembly
Asked
24 October 2024
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HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CAMPUSES — DIGITAL OUTAGES
751. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Given that code yellows were called at Fiona Stanley Hospital and Sir Charles
Gairdner Hospital, what procedures has the minister put in place to ensure that
this does not happen again?

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We implemented the $42 million State
Health Operations Centre, which is a resilience centre for our operations.
Unfortunately, these events occur from time to time across every sector, not
just the healthcare sector. There are very well documented procedures that are
well practised by staff and clinicians. I thank them very sincerely. They
worked through the night, as did the State Health Incident Coordination Centre,
which was stood up immediately. That centre is for state incident responses.
The staff worked through the night to restore power, and power was restored to
all sites by 10 this morning.

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