❓ Mr. Cook questions why autopsy room issues at Fiona Stanley Hospital weren't resolved during the period when the hospital was operational but without patients. The Minister defends the preparation period and attributes the issue to normal post-construction defects.
AnsweredQoN 564Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
FIONA
STANLEY HOSPITAL — AUTOPSY ROOM
564. Mr R.H. COOK to the
Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. Why were these sorts of
issues not resolved at the hospital during the time that the government spent
$136 million running a hospital with no patients? Surely that was the
opportunity to rectify it.
STANLEY HOSPITAL — AUTOPSY ROOM
564. Mr R.H. COOK to the
Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. Why were these sorts of
issues not resolved at the hospital during the time that the government spent
$136 million running a hospital with no patients? Surely that was the
opportunity to rectify it.
AnswerView source ↗
The member goes back to this issue of running a hospital with
no patients, which is an absolute nonsense. Members will be aware that we got
the keys to the door in December. The time spent after that was in all the work
of training, putting facilities in and making sure the hospital was ready. It
was very clear that to ensure the safety of patients going to that hospital, a
significant period was required for preparation. The issue that has been
described was not apparent at that time; it only recently became apparent. It
is part of the normal structural work that people have when they build their
own house; afterwards they find structural defects that, as part of the
contract, are required to be fixed by the contractor, and those issues are
sorted.
no patients, which is an absolute nonsense. Members will be aware that we got
the keys to the door in December. The time spent after that was in all the work
of training, putting facilities in and making sure the hospital was ready. It
was very clear that to ensure the safety of patients going to that hospital, a
significant period was required for preparation. The issue that has been
described was not apparent at that time; it only recently became apparent. It
is part of the normal structural work that people have when they build their
own house; afterwards they find structural defects that, as part of the
contract, are required to be fixed by the contractor, and those issues are
sorted.
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