PERTH CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL — AISHWARYA ASWATH
9. Ms L. METTAM to the Premier:
I ask this question in consultation
with and on behalf of the family of Aishwarya Aswath. Will the Premier do the right and decent thing and immediately announce an
independent inquiry into the tragic circumstances of Aishwarya's
death as well as other severity assessment code 1, category 1 incidents that
have or could have resulted in death or serious harm at Perth Children's
Hospital?
Mr M.
McGOWAN replied:
I thank the member for the question.
Obviously, the events surrounding Aishwarya's passing were very tragic
and very difficult for the family. It is
unimaginable for a family to lose their seven-year-old daughter. All our sympathies
go to the family. There is currently a process
underway—it has become a well-established process over many years—to
investigate and review these matters. That process is expected to conclude on
or by 12 May. The government will await that outcome. In addition, there may
well be a coroner's inquiry but, at this point in time, that is the
process that has been in place for governments of all persuasions when these
horrible events occur. I do not intend to
intervene in that; I do not think the member would suggest that I intervene.
When we get the results of that inquiry, we will give the report to the
family so that they can understand exactly what the inquiry has found.