Mr Hort questions the Minister for Health regarding Legionella testing at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, expressing concern over the Minister's perceived lack of transparency. The Minister responds by stating there have been no confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease acquired at hospitals since 2021.

AnsweredQoN 357Legislative Assembly
Asked
20 August 2025
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Health

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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital— Legionella bacteria
357. Mr Adam Hort to
the Minister for Health:
I have a
supplementary question. Minister, this is a basic barometer of testing how the
hospitals are coping. How can the minister not answer these very simple
questions about testing in our hospitals?

AnswerView source ↗

I have provided
information about how the monitoring takes place. The information that I have
is that I have been advised that there are no confirmed cases of legionnaire's
disease having been acquired at hospitals since 2021.

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