A WA parliamentary question seeks information on which public hospitals sent medical and radioactive waste to Waste Control Pty Ltd before its facility was destroyed by fire in 2001. The Minister acknowledges the question but states the information requires time to gather.

AnsweredQoN 1440Legislative Council
Asked
21 May 2002
Portfolio
Health

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WASTE CONTROL PTY LTD, MEDICAL WASTE
(1) Which public hospitals in Western Australia sent medical waste for destruction to Waste Control Pty Ltd prior to the fire which destroyed that company’s premises on 15 February 2001? (2) Will the minister name the hospitals that supplied medical waste to the Waste Control facility between 1 January 1991 and 15 February 2001? (3) Did any public hospitals send medical radioactive materials to Waste Control Pty Ltd for disposal; and, if so, which ones? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) I appreciate that some notice of this question has been given; however, as the honourable member will appreciate, this information goes back some years and is not immediately available. We will provide the information to the honourable member as speedily as possible.
(2) Will the minister name the hospitals that supplied medical waste to the Waste Control facility between 1 January 1991 and 15 February 2001? (3) Did any public hospitals send medical radioactive materials to Waste Control Pty Ltd for disposal; and, if so, which ones? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) I appreciate that some notice of this question has been given; however, as the honourable member will appreciate, this information goes back some years and is not immediately available. We will provide the information to the honourable member as speedily as possible.
(3) Did any public hospitals send medical radioactive materials to Waste Control Pty Ltd for disposal; and, if so, which ones? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) I appreciate that some notice of this question has been given; however, as the honourable member will appreciate, this information goes back some years and is not immediately available. We will provide the information to the honourable member as speedily as possible.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) I appreciate that some notice of this question has been given; however, as the honourable member will appreciate, this information goes back some years and is not immediately available. We will provide the information to the honourable member as speedily as possible.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) I appreciate that some notice of this question has been given; however, as the honourable member will appreciate, this information goes back some years and is not immediately available. We will provide the information to the honourable member as speedily as possible.
(1)-(3) I appreciate that some notice of this question has been given; however, as the honourable member will appreciate, this information goes back some years and is not immediately available. We will provide the information to the honourable member as speedily as possible.

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