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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 10 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 4 May 2021 by Ms L. Mettam

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

PERTH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — AISHWARYA ASWATH

10. Ms L. METTAM to the Premier:

I have a supplementary question. Why is the Premier causing unnecessary anguish for Aishwarya's family when an independent inquiry is clearly required, given the extraordinary circumstances of her death and the questions they are asking about this situation, and given that the Premier can announce this immediately?

Mr M. McGOWAN replied:

As I outlined to the member earlier, an inquiry is currently underway. As I understand it, that inquiry involves around 10 clinicians and others, including a range of eminent child health experts, paediatric consultants and the like from across the health system. I do not intend to intervene in that; I do not think that that would be appropriate. The Minister for Health and I will let that inquiry conclude. At its conclusion, the report will go to the family and, hopefully, we will have a greater understanding of what occurred. There is often a coroner's inquiry in these cases; the coroner, of course, is independent. I do not think that it would be appropriate to intervene in an inquiry that is underway when that is the well-established process that happens when these things occur.