Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-10-30 Daily Xml

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Ambulance Ramping

The Hon. T.T. NGO (15:03): Further supplementary: will the minister commit to investigating and publicly release the total number of cases of this nature that have occurred over the past 12 months?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:03): I am not sure what the honourable member is asking for, because this is a situation where there were no findings that the treatment of the patient—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.G. WADE: If the honourable member is asking me to do an independent investigation into every death that happened in a hospital, it would take significant time and, I believe, an inappropriate diversion of resources.