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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 527 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 May 2019 by Hon Michael Mischin

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

STATE MORTUARY — CT SCANNER

527. Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN to the Leader of the House representing the Attorney General:

What is the status of the acquisition for the State Coroner of a computerised tomography scanner, first announced by the Attorney General in an article in The Sunday Times of 16 July 2017, under the headline ''CT scanner to lift morgue work rate'', and then again on 18 December 2017 in an article in The West Australian, under the headline ''Scanner cuts need for autopsies'', and which we were told on 10 October 2018 was due to be deployed and operational by February 2019?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I am delighted to provide the following information.

The CT scanner was delivered to the State Mortuary in April 2019 and has been installed in the refurbished accommodation within the State Mortuary. A certificate of practical completion was signed on 30 April 2019 and the unit underwent the necessary acceptance testing on 29 April 2019. Staff training commenced on 29 April 2019 and the CT scanner is now in operation.