00:00Caboolture Hospital is in crisis mode.
00:0520,000 scans need to be re-examined.
00:09As soon as we discovered it was a systems issue,
00:12we've assumed that every single one of those reports
00:15hasn't been reviewed.
00:16That involved 9,000 patients over the past two years.
00:21They must face Queenslanders and explain what they know
00:25and then Queenslanders deserve nothing short of that
00:29and we'll be asking questions as well, I can assure you.
00:32The hospital alerted after a patient presented,
00:36unaware they had advanced cancer,
00:39which could have been detected five weeks earlier.
00:42It was a deterioration in their medical condition
00:46and presentation to the emergency department.
00:48The patient has since died.
00:50The problems were caused by changes to how image results
00:54were given to doctors two years ago
00:57and only brought to light after the ABC questioned Queensland Health on Monday.
01:02There has to be accountability
01:04and the Minister will find out who knew what
01:08and what was shared with people
01:10and whether or not that information was sufficient.
01:12I do apologise. This is not OK.
01:15This is not OK for our system
01:17and we've immediately addressed it.
01:19Despite being in power at the time,
01:22Labor took aim at the government.
01:24The Chris Foley government has been the government for nearly a year now
01:28and they need to take some responsibility.
01:32They need to finally take some responsibility for Queensland Health.
01:36The review of 20,000 scans is expected to take two weeks
01:40but Metro North Health says cases involving high-risk patients
01:45will be prioritised first.
01:47I anticipate the scale will actually decrease over time as we know more.
01:54the
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