❓ Mr. Hatton asks about WA government assistance to the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan. The Minister for Health details financial aid and the deployment of a WA health team coordinated through the Commonwealth.
AnsweredQoN 821Legislative Assembly
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TYPHOON HAIYAN — WESTERN AUSTRALIAN
ASSISTANCE
821. Mr C.D. HATTON to the
Minister for Health:
On behalf of the member for Kingsley, I would like to
acknowledge and welcome the students, staff and parents from the Hawker Park
Primary School. I believe it is a wonderful school and I welcome them to the
chamber.
Can the minister update the house on
what assistance the Western Australian government is providing to the Republic
of the Philippines following the Typhoon Haiyan disaster?
ASSISTANCE
821. Mr C.D. HATTON to the
Minister for Health:
On behalf of the member for Kingsley, I would like to
acknowledge and welcome the students, staff and parents from the Hawker Park
Primary School. I believe it is a wonderful school and I welcome them to the
chamber.
Can the minister update the house on
what assistance the Western Australian government is providing to the Republic
of the Philippines following the Typhoon Haiyan disaster?
AnswerView source ↗
I am pleased to say that Western Australia and its health
system are able to play a role in assisting those people in the Philippines who
have been affected enormously by the Typhoon Haiyan disaster. We heard
yesterday that the Premier had committed $100 000 on behalf of the state to
assist those victims, but we are also sending some health personnel over there,
which comes under the control of the commonwealth. The commonwealth has already
sent a first group of 37 health professionals, which has been coordinated out
of Darwin by the commonwealth-funded National Critical Care and Trauma Response
Centre. We have a group of health staff going consisting of five health
professionals; a registered midwife, two registered nurses, a nurse
practitioner, and a paediatric emergency doctor, as well as one St John
Ambulance paramedic. It is a good team from Western Australia, and it is good
to see that we are able to participate in assisting people who suffer from
international disasters. I commend that group and wish them well in the tough
job that they have to do.
system are able to play a role in assisting those people in the Philippines who
have been affected enormously by the Typhoon Haiyan disaster. We heard
yesterday that the Premier had committed $100 000 on behalf of the state to
assist those victims, but we are also sending some health personnel over there,
which comes under the control of the commonwealth. The commonwealth has already
sent a first group of 37 health professionals, which has been coordinated out
of Darwin by the commonwealth-funded National Critical Care and Trauma Response
Centre. We have a group of health staff going consisting of five health
professionals; a registered midwife, two registered nurses, a nurse
practitioner, and a paediatric emergency doctor, as well as one St John
Ambulance paramedic. It is a good team from Western Australia, and it is good
to see that we are able to participate in assisting people who suffer from
international disasters. I commend that group and wish them well in the tough
job that they have to do.
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