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The Women’s and Children’s Hospital had “ready access” to a paediatric cardiac surgery unit in Sydney when four babies died in one month due to a lack of resources in Adelaide, but authorities have refused to reveal why the children weren’t transported as the head of SA Health accused a parliamentary committee of treating the issue as a “soap opera”.
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SA Health’s chief executive says he doesn’t know why exemptions were swiftly granted for 11 Victorian relatives of Port Adelaide Football Club players to travel into South Australia for an AFL game while others seeking permission on compassionate grounds were rejected, as the Opposition calls for an independent inquiry into the scandal.
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The chief executive of SA Health says it is “a bit of a mystery” why he has been directed to undertake conflict of interest training, arguing there is nothing substantially wrong with how he has engaged with former employer Silver Chain in his public role.
The Premier’s office gave its positive spin on the report into the SA Health chief executive, dropped on Saturday of the Australia Day long weekend. The report, released later, suggests Dr Chris McGowan breached a public sector Act, but does not recommend his dismissal.
The chief executive of SA Health has refused to answer more than two dozen questions from a parliamentary committee about alleged conflicts of interest involving his former employer, citing an ongoing investigation into his conduct.
Most of this month’s revelations about Dr Chris McGowan won’t seriously dent the SA Health chief executive’s professional armour – but his handling of a little-known aged care program planned for Adelaide’s southern suburbs might, writes InDaily reporter Bension Siebert.
EXCLUSIVE | Dr Chris McGowan initially agreed to – but later cancelled – a meeting to discuss “partnerships” involving SA Health and a private corporation while he was registered as both director of that company’s subsidiary and CEO of the department, new documents suggest.
