00:01A waterfall of pigeon poo streaming into exhaust fans.
00:06That's the description from one employee at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney,
00:10one of 112 maintenance issues reported in the state's hospitals in the past year.
00:16If you're a patient, you deserve to be cared for in our hospitals,
00:19not having to avoid fatal mould, maggots, bird lice.
00:24The Health Minister's called a snap review of maintenance problems.
00:28Past incidents that have been kept from the public,
00:31a fly problem at Royal North Shore, cockroaches at Wyong and possums in Balmain.
00:3738 issues remain unresolved, including a pigeon problem in the ceiling of a rehab ward at Tamworth Hospital.
00:44Spikes are currently being installed across the site to prevent pigeons from roosting.
00:49A comprehensive pigeon eradication plan has been prepared.
00:52The Ministers also faced questions over the deaths of two transplant patients at the RPA in November,
00:59thought to be caused by an outbreak of Aspergillus fungus linked to construction work.
01:04New South Wales Health's own rules say at-risk patients adjacent to construction sites should be relocated if possible.
01:12These patients should have been moved earlier.
01:15They're transplant patients. They are arguably some of the sickest patients we have in our hospital.
01:21The deaths may not have been made public were it not for a parliamentary order for papers.
01:26The Health Minister says his office was told in December, but he wasn't informed until February.
01:33You were not aware of this particular issue, is that your evidence?
01:35Not that particular issue, yeah.
01:37The Minister says he'll speak to the families of the two patients who died when they're ready.
01:42He said you know you're ready.
01:43That's the only case.
01:43What is our truth to what is the source of their했는데?
01:45The Diablo feeling.
01:46Well, hey, come on.
01:46I said you're not wrong.
01:46And I said you're not saying that your spouse is believed to be.
01:46You
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