Western Metropolitan Region
Dr CUMMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:54): (1607) My question is to the Minister for Health in the other place from a resident in Cairnlea. Her daughter has suffered mental health issues for a number of years. She has an eating disorder, self-harms and has tried to commit suicide on numerous occasions. She was placed in a ward at Sunshine Hospital as there were no beds available in a psych ward. During her stay she tried to commit suicide again. She now has a security officer outside her ward. My constituent is desperate and is trying to have her daughter placed in a facility in Queensland. She asks: why are there not enough mental health beds in the west?