Problems at Fiona Stanley Hospital
BEFORE FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL WAS FULLY OPENED:
* Scheduled to open in April 2014 but opened in four phases. The final stage was completed in February 2015
* More than 200 Serco staff worked on site for several months when there were no patients. The opposition called this as "an outrageous waste"
* Costs blow out by several hundred million dollars, mainly due to IT problems
* Plans to make it a "paperless" hospital abandoned
SINCE ITS PHASED OPENING WAS COMPLETE:
* Doctors complain of being unable to get mobile phone reception
* Helicopter containing emergency airlifted patients is diverted to Jandakot airport after clearance is not given to land on the hospital helipad
* Jared Olsen, who suffered irritable bowel syndrome and suspected Crohn's disease, allegedly died after being given the wrong medication
* Staff start quitting amid reports of overwork
* Allegations of poor sterilisation of surgical instruments by contractor Serco
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