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Chemotherapy Treatment Error

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:25): My question is to the Minister for Health. When was the minister first made aware that one of the chemotherapy dosing bungle victims had experienced another treatment error, this time in the lead-up to a transplant in April of this year? In a submission to the chemotherapy dosing scandal select committee, the family of one of the victims provided a treatment diary which indicated the patient was subjected to four separate treatment errors during her treatment at the Royal Adelaide Hospital rather than just two incidents as previously acknowledged by the minister. Is this another cover-up?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:26): I would advise the opposition to be very, very careful about litigating this matter in public. I do make the point that that information that the Leader of the Opposition—

Ms Chapman: Tell us the truth.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: —is referring to—

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader will rise and apologise for implying that the minister was misleading the house.

Ms CHAPMAN: I will withdraw and apologise—

The SPEAKER: Thank you.

Ms CHAPMAN: —and speak to you later.

The SPEAKER: Minister.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: I do point out that the information that was put on the committee's website was—

Mr van Holst Pellekaan: Tell us everything you know.

The SPEAKER: The member for Stuart is called to order.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: The information that was put on the committee website was very quickly taken down. Members opposite will know why that is the case and, on that basis, I will not be talking and canvassing publicly the circumstances around that patient and that patient's family.

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