House of Assembly: Thursday, July 07, 2016

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Chemotherapy Treatment Error

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:24): My question is to the Minister for Health. Given that the Coroner's Court has been informed this morning that Mrs Pinxteren was not informed of the chemotherapy dosing bungle prior to her death, with medical records providing evidence of that, can the minister explain to the house what evidence he has that Mrs Pinxteren was informed, and will he table that evidence?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:24): I am not at liberty to go into how I know, but I can say that it is documented unequivocally that this patient was informed of the underdosing.

The SPEAKER: I neglected to warn the member for Morialta for the first time on account of a previous interjection. The member for Ashford.