Cancer Diagnosis Error

Mr BOYER (Wright) (14:46): My question is again to the minister representing the Minister for Health. Can the minister assure the South Australian community that there are no further misdiagnosis cases like this at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital?

The Hon. V.A. Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Deputy Premier is warned.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (14:46): 'Misdiagnosis cases like this at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital' is a pretty broad sort of question. It is fair to assume that the member is talking in a link to his previous question. Any misdiagnosis is frustrating all the way through to potentially tragic, depending on what the misdiagnosis is and if or how it can be corrected, and I take that topic extremely seriously, as you expect I would.

I don't know if it will be possible for me to get a clear, definitive answer to that question from the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, given that he is not anywhere near personally responsible for the diagnoses of the medical professionals, but I do know that the Minister for Health and Wellbeing—

Ms Cook interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Hurtle Vale is called to order.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: —in the other place takes this issue incredibly seriously. This is an issue that has been dealt with for—

An honourable member interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: —a very long time in this place. It is an incredibly important issue and I will do my very best to get as useful an answer from the Minister for Health and Wellbeing as I possibly can for the member for Wright