❓ Mr Grylls questions the Minister for Health regarding the care received by Joan Lethlean at Royal Perth Hospital, focusing on delays, lack of food/drink, and communication issues. The Minister apologises for the delay and communication failures, addressing the family's concerns.
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JOAN LETHLEAN - MEDICAL CARE
Given that access to primary medical care is one of the most important life issues for the frail and elderly, especially those who live in country communities several hours away from major hospitals - (1) Will the minister apologise to 86-year-old Narembeen grandmother Joan Lethlean who, after being flown to Royal Perth Hospital with a broken leg, lay in hospital for 29 hours awaiting reparative surgery? (2) What does the minister say to family claims that Mrs Lethlean was not given food or drink for 24 hours while in Royal Perth, despite a postponement of her operation? (3) Has the minister investigated family claims that Mrs Lethlean’s food intake had to be provided by a grandson 36 hours after she broke her leg? (4) How does the minister respond to family claims of a communications vacuum at RPH, which required the family to mount its own search for the old lady before locating her in a recovery area but still without having had surgery? (5) What does the minister say to family claims that it was not formally advised of Mrs Lethlean’s post-operative removal to Shenton Park? Mr J.A. McGINTY
Given that access to primary medical care is one of the most important life issues for the frail and elderly, especially those who live in country communities several hours away from major hospitals - (1) Will the minister apologise to 86-year-old Narembeen grandmother Joan Lethlean who, after being flown to Royal Perth Hospital with a broken leg, lay in hospital for 29 hours awaiting reparative surgery? (2) What does the minister say to family claims that Mrs Lethlean was not given food or drink for 24 hours while in Royal Perth, despite a postponement of her operation? (3) Has the minister investigated family claims that Mrs Lethlean’s food intake had to be provided by a grandson 36 hours after she broke her leg? (4) How does the minister respond to family claims of a communications vacuum at RPH, which required the family to mount its own search for the old lady before locating her in a recovery area but still without having had surgery? (5) What does the minister say to family claims that it was not formally advised of Mrs Lethlean’s post-operative removal to Shenton Park? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
(1) Will the minister apologise to 86-year-old Narembeen grandmother Joan Lethlean who, after being flown to Royal Perth Hospital with a broken leg, lay in hospital for 29 hours awaiting reparative surgery? (2) What does the minister say to family claims that Mrs Lethlean was not given food or drink for 24 hours while in Royal Perth, despite a postponement of her operation? (3) Has the minister investigated family claims that Mrs Lethlean’s food intake had to be provided by a grandson 36 hours after she broke her leg? (4) How does the minister respond to family claims of a communications vacuum at RPH, which required the family to mount its own search for the old lady before locating her in a recovery area but still without having had surgery? (5) What does the minister say to family claims that it was not formally advised of Mrs Lethlean’s post-operative removal to Shenton Park? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
(2) What does the minister say to family claims that Mrs Lethlean was not given food or drink for 24 hours while in Royal Perth, despite a postponement of her operation? (3) Has the minister investigated family claims that Mrs Lethlean’s food intake had to be provided by a grandson 36 hours after she broke her leg? (4) How does the minister respond to family claims of a communications vacuum at RPH, which required the family to mount its own search for the old lady before locating her in a recovery area but still without having had surgery? (5) What does the minister say to family claims that it was not formally advised of Mrs Lethlean’s post-operative removal to Shenton Park? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
(3) Has the minister investigated family claims that Mrs Lethlean’s food intake had to be provided by a grandson 36 hours after she broke her leg? (4) How does the minister respond to family claims of a communications vacuum at RPH, which required the family to mount its own search for the old lady before locating her in a recovery area but still without having had surgery? (5) What does the minister say to family claims that it was not formally advised of Mrs Lethlean’s post-operative removal to Shenton Park? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
(4) How does the minister respond to family claims of a communications vacuum at RPH, which required the family to mount its own search for the old lady before locating her in a recovery area but still without having had surgery? (5) What does the minister say to family claims that it was not formally advised of Mrs Lethlean’s post-operative removal to Shenton Park? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
(5) What does the minister say to family claims that it was not formally advised of Mrs Lethlean’s post-operative removal to Shenton Park? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
(1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
(1) Will the minister apologise to 86-year-old Narembeen grandmother Joan Lethlean who, after being flown to Royal Perth Hospital with a broken leg, lay in hospital for 29 hours awaiting reparative surgery? (2) What does the minister say to family claims that Mrs Lethlean was not given food or drink for 24 hours while in Royal Perth, despite a postponement of her operation? (3) Has the minister investigated family claims that Mrs Lethlean’s food intake had to be provided by a grandson 36 hours after she broke her leg? (4) How does the minister respond to family claims of a communications vacuum at RPH, which required the family to mount its own search for the old lady before locating her in a recovery area but still without having had surgery? (5) What does the minister say to family claims that it was not formally advised of Mrs Lethlean’s post-operative removal to Shenton Park? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
(2) What does the minister say to family claims that Mrs Lethlean was not given food or drink for 24 hours while in Royal Perth, despite a postponement of her operation? (3) Has the minister investigated family claims that Mrs Lethlean’s food intake had to be provided by a grandson 36 hours after she broke her leg? (4) How does the minister respond to family claims of a communications vacuum at RPH, which required the family to mount its own search for the old lady before locating her in a recovery area but still without having had surgery? (5) What does the minister say to family claims that it was not formally advised of Mrs Lethlean’s post-operative removal to Shenton Park? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
(3) Has the minister investigated family claims that Mrs Lethlean’s food intake had to be provided by a grandson 36 hours after she broke her leg? (4) How does the minister respond to family claims of a communications vacuum at RPH, which required the family to mount its own search for the old lady before locating her in a recovery area but still without having had surgery? (5) What does the minister say to family claims that it was not formally advised of Mrs Lethlean’s post-operative removal to Shenton Park? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
(4) How does the minister respond to family claims of a communications vacuum at RPH, which required the family to mount its own search for the old lady before locating her in a recovery area but still without having had surgery? (5) What does the minister say to family claims that it was not formally advised of Mrs Lethlean’s post-operative removal to Shenton Park? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
(5) What does the minister say to family claims that it was not formally advised of Mrs Lethlean’s post-operative removal to Shenton Park? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
(1)-(5) I thank the Leader of the National Party for some notice of this question. I did receive a letter from Mrs Lethlean’s family about a week ago and was in the process of compiling a reply. I certainly intend to do that. The background to this situation is that Mrs Lethlean fell and broke her hip in the family home at Narembeen. She was brought to the Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, arriving at 4.35 pm on Monday, 8 May. She was told to fast before the operation. That might be one reason why she was not provided with food. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, Tuesday, 9 May, but it was postponed when six more urgent patients presented who needed to be treated before she was, because their conditions were more severe than hers at the time. The hospital provided her with a meal in the evening. The hospital says that food was available on the ward the previous Monday night. It has not been recorded, or the hospital has not been able to advise me, and, therefore, I accept the word of the family that Mrs Lethlean did not have a sandwich or some other snack when there was food available the previous Monday evening. The hospital has advised me that both calories and hydration were administered intravenously. They were administered from the time that she was brought to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service; Mrs Lethlean received nourishment and hydration at all times. At 11.30 am on 10 May she was operated on to reset her broken hip. Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
Mr B.J. Grylls : On the Wednesday after the Saturday accident. Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : She came to Royal Perth on the Monday evening and on Wednesday morning she was operated on. That was the extent of Royal Perth’s involvement. The rest of the involvement, because of her transfer from the Narembeen District Memorial Hospital, where she was held for some time, lay with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She was transferred to Shenton Park campus for recovery on Friday, 12 May, and taken back to Narembeen hospital on Thursday, 18 May, where, I am told, she spent her 86th birthday and she has made a very good recovery. I certainly wish her well. Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
Mr B.J. Grylls : Based on the work that the Narembeen hospital did, not on any treatment at RPH. Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : The public hospital system has provided her with, in her unfortunate situation, the circumstances that enabled her to make a recovery. The three issues that the member quite properly raised were, firstly, the delay. I apologise to Mrs Lethlean for the delay. The need for her to have more urgent surgery done at Royal Perth Hospital resulted in her surgery being delayed by a day. In respect of the food, there is a perfect answer; that is, that obviously nobody should be left without food when they are not fasting to undergo their surgery, but she was receiving intravenous calories and hydration at all times. In the hospital’s view there is no issue with that. The area in which the hospital has asked me to extend an apology to Mrs Lethlean is in communications with her relatives. They were not up to the standard expected. I have spoken to the medical director at Royal Perth Hospital today and he has undertaken to make sure that that matter is followed up. I hope Mrs Lethlean continues her recovery.
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