How Qld kids hospital was rushed

THE AILING OPERATIONS AT BRISBANE'S LADY CILENTO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

2006

Aug: Premier Peter Beattie plans new stand-alone children's hospital, replacing the Royal Brisbane and Mater children's hospitals

2007

May: Premier Anna Bligh says the hospital will be open by 2012

2008

June: Hospital cost rises from $700 million to $1 billion

2014

Oct: Premier Campbell Newman reveals $2.2 billion has been wasted due to poor planning in building the Lady Cilento plus two more new hospitals on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts

Nov 29: Lady Cilento Children's Hospital finally opens

Dec 12: Media reports indicate the opening was rushed, with errors in records, basic services and safety procedures

Dec 23: The Together Union says the "botched" switchover to the new children's hospital from the Mater and Royal Brisbane has undermined patient care for the sake of politics.

2015

April 5: Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces a review of the hospital's opening

June 7: Media reports seriously ill children are being diverted from the hospital and surgeries are being cancelled amid a shortage of beds and staff.

June 7: Hospital CEO Fionnagh Dougan says elective surgery is occasionally rescheduled, but denies seriously ill children have been turned away.

Aug 8: Hospital board chair Susan Johnston resigns.

Aug 13: Queensland government hands down highly-critical report into the $1.5 billion hospital's rushed opening, saying at least six more weeks of preparation was required.