❓ Question regarding conflicting information about bed availability at Fremantle Hospital following the Member for Peel's transfer to a private hospital due to a broken laser machine. The Minister defends his previous statements, citing advice from Fremantle Hospital and the Member for Peel.
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MEMBER FOR PEEL - MANAGEMENT BY FREMANTLE HOSPITAL
My question refers to the member for Peel. Unlike some members on the other side of the house, I was pleased to see the member back in Parliament today. I refer to the Minister for Health’s reply to my question about the Minister for Small Business, who was hospitalised at Hollywood Private Hospital and not at Fremantle Hospital because the laser machine at Fremantle Hospital had broken down. (1) Does the minister stand by his assertion that “The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong”, and that there was no shortage of hospital beds at Fremantle as reported? (2) Who is telling the truth - the minister or the senior medico who dealt with Mr Marlborough personally and who is still adamant that there was no bed for him and Dr Mountain of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital who says that there is a constant backlog of between 20 and 40 patients waiting for beds at the Fremantle Hospital emergency department? Mr J.A. McGINTY
My question refers to the member for Peel. Unlike some members on the other side of the house, I was pleased to see the member back in Parliament today. I refer to the Minister for Health’s reply to my question about the Minister for Small Business, who was hospitalised at Hollywood Private Hospital and not at Fremantle Hospital because the laser machine at Fremantle Hospital had broken down. (1) Does the minister stand by his assertion that “The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong”, and that there was no shortage of hospital beds at Fremantle as reported? (2) Who is telling the truth - the minister or the senior medico who dealt with Mr Marlborough personally and who is still adamant that there was no bed for him and Dr Mountain of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital who says that there is a constant backlog of between 20 and 40 patients waiting for beds at the Fremantle Hospital emergency department? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(2) I believe the Fremantle Hospital advice to me. I believed the member for Peel when he told me personally that he had an allocated bed and was the next person - Dr K.D. Hames : Our advice is Fremantle Hospital advice. It is from the doctor who looked after him. Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
(1) Does the minister stand by his assertion that “The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong”, and that there was no shortage of hospital beds at Fremantle as reported? (2) Who is telling the truth - the minister or the senior medico who dealt with Mr Marlborough personally and who is still adamant that there was no bed for him and Dr Mountain of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital who says that there is a constant backlog of between 20 and 40 patients waiting for beds at the Fremantle Hospital emergency department? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) I believe the Fremantle Hospital advice to me. I believed the member for Peel when he told me personally that he had an allocated bed and was the next person - Dr K.D. Hames : Our advice is Fremantle Hospital advice. It is from the doctor who looked after him. Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
(2) Who is telling the truth - the minister or the senior medico who dealt with Mr Marlborough personally and who is still adamant that there was no bed for him and Dr Mountain of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital who says that there is a constant backlog of between 20 and 40 patients waiting for beds at the Fremantle Hospital emergency department? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) I believe the Fremantle Hospital advice to me. I believed the member for Peel when he told me personally that he had an allocated bed and was the next person - Dr K.D. Hames : Our advice is Fremantle Hospital advice. It is from the doctor who looked after him. Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) I believe the Fremantle Hospital advice to me. I believed the member for Peel when he told me personally that he had an allocated bed and was the next person - Dr K.D. Hames : Our advice is Fremantle Hospital advice. It is from the doctor who looked after him. Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
(1)-(2) I believe the Fremantle Hospital advice to me. I believed the member for Peel when he told me personally that he had an allocated bed and was the next person - Dr K.D. Hames : Our advice is Fremantle Hospital advice. It is from the doctor who looked after him. Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Dr K.D. Hames : Our advice is Fremantle Hospital advice. It is from the doctor who looked after him. Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
(1) Does the minister stand by his assertion that “The Sunday Times got the story completely wrong”, and that there was no shortage of hospital beds at Fremantle as reported? (2) Who is telling the truth - the minister or the senior medico who dealt with Mr Marlborough personally and who is still adamant that there was no bed for him and Dr Mountain of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital who says that there is a constant backlog of between 20 and 40 patients waiting for beds at the Fremantle Hospital emergency department? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) I believe the Fremantle Hospital advice to me. I believed the member for Peel when he told me personally that he had an allocated bed and was the next person - Dr K.D. Hames : Our advice is Fremantle Hospital advice. It is from the doctor who looked after him. Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
(2) Who is telling the truth - the minister or the senior medico who dealt with Mr Marlborough personally and who is still adamant that there was no bed for him and Dr Mountain of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital who says that there is a constant backlog of between 20 and 40 patients waiting for beds at the Fremantle Hospital emergency department? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) I believe the Fremantle Hospital advice to me. I believed the member for Peel when he told me personally that he had an allocated bed and was the next person - Dr K.D. Hames : Our advice is Fremantle Hospital advice. It is from the doctor who looked after him. Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) I believe the Fremantle Hospital advice to me. I believed the member for Peel when he told me personally that he had an allocated bed and was the next person - Dr K.D. Hames : Our advice is Fremantle Hospital advice. It is from the doctor who looked after him. Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
(1)-(2) I believe the Fremantle Hospital advice to me. I believed the member for Peel when he told me personally that he had an allocated bed and was the next person - Dr K.D. Hames : Our advice is Fremantle Hospital advice. It is from the doctor who looked after him. Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Dr K.D. Hames : Our advice is Fremantle Hospital advice. It is from the doctor who looked after him. Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : How many beds did the Sunday Times report as being available at Fremantle Hospital at the time? Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Dr K.D. Hames : It said 24. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Twenty-four beds were available to accommodate the member for Peel; however, he would not take up that many! The paper reported that 24 beds were available at the time. Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Dr K.D. Hames : That is from one spokesperson from the hospital. The doctor looking after him said that that is not true. Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : After reading the article in the Sunday Times, I became concerned and investigated the matter. I rang the member for Peel on the weekend - he was still in hospital - and asked him what the story was. He advised me that his surgery had been delayed because of a simple breakdown in the laser machine. When the member for Peel realised that the urological list for that day was going to be behind schedule, he volunteered to use his private health insurance to be moved to a private hospital to ensure that a public patient would move further up the list and have his or her surgery earlier. That is an admirable approach. There are always commentators who do not know what they are talking about. Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Dr K.D. Hames : Dr Mountain? Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : He is someone I would include on such a list. I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
I have taken notice of the advice given by Fremantle Hospital - the member for Dawesville does not dispute this - that 24 beds were available at the time. I believe that. I know that when there was a malfunction in the laser machine, the member for Peel volunteered to have his surgery transferred - the surgery would be done by the same surgeon - to Hollywood Private Hospital. He has now made a remarkable recovery.
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