Question Time

Chemotherapy Treatment Error

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:05): My question is to the Minister for Health. Why did the minister tell the public in August 2015 that none of the 10 victims of the chemotherapy dosing errors had died, when Johanna Pinxteren was already dead?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:05): I'm not going to add any more to what I said to the chamber yesterday. The Leader of the Opposition knows full well why I won't engage him on this with regard—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: The opposition know very well the reasons that I will not—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: I would be very quiet about this issue. The opposition know very well the reasons why I will not engage them with regard to this particular patient. I will not engage in the details of this particular patient, and the opposition fully know well why I won't.

The SPEAKER: I call to order the leader, the deputy leader, the members for Hartley, Unley, Goyder, Mitchell, Colton, Chaffey and the Minister for Agriculture. I warn the leader and the member for Unley and the deputy, and I warn for the second and the final time the member for Unley and the deputy leader. Member for Little Para.