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Public sittings

Details of the Commission’s public sittings are available on this page.
Details will be updated as circumstances change.

Sittings of the Commission will generally be open to the public, including the media.

Persons present at a sittings of the Commission are subject to the law of contempt. Any person who disrupts proceedings may be removed.

The Commission may also conduct closed sittings—from which the public, including the media, are excluded—or may make orders to protect confidentiality in respect of specified witnesses or evidence. More details are provided here.

Public sittings in Brisbane

The Commission’s public sittings, in Brisbane, are being held in Courtroom No 34 on the 7th floor of the Brisbane Magistrates Court Building, 363 George Street (corner Turbot Street).

These sittings are open to the public.  

Sittings will ordinarily occur between Monday and Thursday from 10:00am to 1.00pm and from 2.00pm to 4.30pm.

The Commission is expected to conclude by the end of November 2005.

Tentative witness schedule (subject to change)

Thursday 27th October

@ 9:00am


Ms Margaret MEARS (former Clinical Nurse in the Pre-admission Unit @ Bundaberg Base Hospital) [Issues relating to Dr Patel & QLD Health]

Ms Karen JENNER (Registered Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit @ Bundaberg Base Hospital) [Issues relating to Dr Patel & QLD Health]

Ms Gail DOHERTY (Clinical Nurse in the Operating Theatre @ Bundaberg Base Hospital) [Issues relating to Dr Patel & QLD Health]

Friday 21st October

@ 9:00am



@ 2:00pm

Dr Anthony WILSON (Orthopaedic Surgeon) [Issues relating to Dr KRISHNA - Fraser Coast Region]

Ms Kristine WYATT (former Nurse Unit Manager of the Perioperative Unit - Hervey Bay Hospital) [issues concerning Orthopaedic Review - Fraser Coast Region] - phone evidence

Thursday 20th October

@ 9:30am


Directions & Rulings by Commissioner Davies

Wednesday 19th October

@ 9:00am


Mr Peter LECK (District Manager Bundaberg Health Service District)

Tuesday 18th October

@ 9:00am


Mr Peter LECK (District Manager Bundaberg Health Service District)

Monday 17th October

@ 9:00am



@ 10:00am

Dr Steve BUCKLAND (former Director General of Queensland Health) [re-called for cross examination]

Mr Peter LECK (District Manager Bundaberg Health Service District)

Friday 14th October

No Witnesses


 

Thursday 13th October

@ 9:00am


@ 2:00pm

Dr Darren KEATING (Director of Medical Services Bundaberg Base Hospital)

Mr Michael ALLSOPP (District Manager Fraser Coast Health District) [issues concerning Orthopaedic Review - Fraser Coast Region] - phone evidence

Wednesday 12th October

@ 10:00am

Dr Darren KEATING (Director of Medical Services Bundaberg Base Hospital)

Tuesday 11th October

@ 10:00am

 

after 11:30am

Dr Terence HANELT (Director of Medical Services Fraser Coast Health District) [continued cross examination]

Dr Darren KEATING (Director of Medical Services Bundaberg Base Hospital)

Monday 10th October

@ 10:00am

 

after 12:00pm

Dr NAIDOO (former Director of Orthopaedics Fraser Coast Region) [issues concerning Orthopaedic Review - Fraser Coast Region]

Dr Terence HANELT (Director of Medical Services Fraser Coast Health District) [issues concerning Orthopaedic Review - Fraser Coast Region]

 

Friday 7th October

@ 9:30am

@ 3:00pm

 

Directions & Rulings by Commissioner Davies

Dr Christopher JELLIFFE (former Senior Medical Officer in Anaesthetics at Bundaberg Base Hospital from January 2001 until November 2002)

Thursday 6th October

@ 10:00am


@ 11:15am

followed by

Dr Glenn CUFFE (continuing evidence in Chief plus cross examination)

Dr KRISHNA (cross examination by phone)

Dr NAIDOO (former Director of Orthopaedics Fraser Coast Region) [issues concerning Orthopaedic Review - Fraser Coast Region]

Wednesday 5th October

@ 10:00am

 

@ 2:30pm

Dr KRISHNA (Senior Medical Officer of Orthopaedics Hervey Bay Hospital) [responses to Dr Giblin & Dr North Review]

Dr Glenn CUFFE (former Manager, Procurement Strategy Unit)
Ms Cheryl BRENNAN (former Executive Support Officer to the GMHS) Tentative
[Reclassification of Emergency Surgery as Elective Surgery]

Tuesday 4th October

@ 11:00am

Dr Sam BAKER (former Director of Surgery Bundaberg Base Hospital)

Mr Col ROBERTS (Principle Project Officer)
Ms Deborah MILLER (Chief Operations Liaison Officer)
[Reclassification of Emergency Surgery as Elective Surgery]

Monday 3rd October

 

@ 10:00am

 

@ 2:30pm

Dr Scott CRAWFORD (Director Orthopaedics) [examined Fraser Coast patient files]

Dr Martin NOTHLING (Psychiatrist) [examined Mr Peter LECK]

 

Friday 30 September

@ 9:00am

Mr Gary WALKER (Manager, Elective Surgery) [waiting lists] - for cross examination

Dr Con ARONEY (Cardiologist & former Director, Coronary Care Unit, Prince Charles Hospital [cardiac services at the Prince Charles Hospital and elsewhere] - for cross examination

Thursday 29 September

@ 10:00am

* Dr Gerry FITZGERALD (Deputy Director-General & former Chief Health Officer) - to be recalled

* Mr Gary WALKER (Manager, Elective Surgery) [waiting lists]

Wednesday 28 September

@ 10:00am

* Justin COLLINS (Project manager, Measured Quality Program) - Cross Examination

* Mr Michael CLARE

Tuesday 27 September

@ 10:00am

* Dr Lakshman JAYASEKERA (Surgeon) [matters at the Bundaberg Base Hospital between January 2002 and January 2003]

* Mr Dan BERGIN

Monday 26 September

@ 10:00am

* Dr Mark MATTIUSSI (District Manager & District Director of Medical Services at the Logan Beaudesert Health Service District & co-author of Woodruff/Mattiussi Report on clinical services at Bundaberg hospital ) - for cross-examination

 * Justin COLLINS (Project manager, Measured Quality Program) [Measured Quality Hospital Reports]

 


Updated 19 October 2005
 
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