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1003 - Health - DENIAL OF LUNG TRANSPLANT

Mihailuk, Tania to the Minister for Finance, and Minister for Natural Resources representing the Minister for Health, Minister for Regional Health, and Minister for the Illawarra and the South Coast
DENIAL OF LUNG TRANSPLANT

(1) In regard to recent media reports into the case of 16-year-old Leukemia patient Dazelle Peters being denied a lung transplant:

(a) Has the Minister received any representations regarding this matter?

(b) Will the Minister investigate this matter?
Answer -

I am advised:

Yes, the Minister for Health and Minister for Regional Health has received representations about this case, including from Dazelle's family, and has provided a considered response.

I have been assured that the clinicians providing her care have followed protocols aligned with the International Society of Heart/Lung Transplantation recommendations, and the Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand guidelines.

Question asked on 7 August 2023 (session 58-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 64
Answer received on 28 August 2023 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 79

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