During the Business Statement, Altaf asked for the Health Minister to make a statement setting out how infection control is now being managed so that we can avoid terrible situations like the loss of seven patients in a Covid outbreak at Maesteg Hospital last autumn.
See the transcript below, or watch the video above to see the full speech.
Altaf Hussain
Minister. A few weeks ago I asked for an investigation into how seven patients at Maesteg hospital died in a Covid outbreak last autumn, which affected every patient in the hospital. I understand that patients transported to Maesteg from other hospitals would have been tested negative for Covid before admission. So this means that someone coming into the hospital from a care home or from the community might have brought it in.
Why were they not tested? By autumn, by last autumn the dangers of sending people into closed environments like care homes or hospitals was well known. So testing should have been done.
I would like a statement by the Health Minister setting out how infection control is now being managed so that we avoid such disastrous consequences going forward. Thank you very much.