Question Time

Hospital Management Investigation

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:03): My question is to the Minister for Health. When did the breaches of patient privacy, first raised by news outlets last night, occur, and when did the minister first become aware of these breaches?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:03): I'm not going to get into any specifics. I have been very careful at all stages not to identify the patient involved. SA Health, at all stages of dealing with this, have done everything we can do to ensure as far as we can the privacy of the patient is protected. The privacy of the patient is paramount, in my view, and I won't be revealing anything in this house that might tend to reveal the privacy of the patient.