Chemotherapy Treatment Error

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:59): My question is to the Minister for Health. When the minister told the public in August 2015 that none of the 10 victims of the chemotherapy dosing errors had died, was he or Professor Bardy aware that one of the 10 patients had already died?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:59): No, I wasn't, and I was basing what I said on what Professor Bardy had already publicly said, and that was that none of the patients had died. In fact, if my recollection is correct, he said so sitting next to me in an interview on 891. I think it would be reasonable for the Minister for Health to rely on the head of haematology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital when he provides advice that no-one had died.