CORONAVIRUS — GERALDTON HEALTH CAMPUS
388. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
I refer to a media release issued
by the Minister for Health on 31 July 2020 titled ''Portable isolation
rooms to further protect country residents''.
(1) Did Geraldton Health Campus
have access to a portable isolation room on 4 July?
(2) On what date
and at what time was Geraldton hospital notified that a suspected COVID-19
patient would be transported to the hospital?
(3) At what date and at what time
was the portable isolation room deployed?
(4) Why was a suspected COVID-19 positive patient
placed in the emergency department and not immediately placed in a negative-pressure
room?
(5) At which regional sites are
portable isolation rooms ready for deployment as of today?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I provide the answer on behalf of the
representative minister.
I
have been advised by WA Country Health Service that further time is required to
answer this question. Information will be provided to the member on 5
August 2021.