It’s been confirmed that abortions will be carried out at a separate building away from the new hospital at Midland.
A Catholic health provider that will run a new hospital in Perth says the move to have “restricted procedures” such as abortions done at a separate facility was the government’s decision.
The West Australian government chose St John of God Health Care to operate the Midland Health Campus partly because its tender was $1.5 billion cheaper than others.
But religious beliefs prevent it doing procedures such as abortions and vasectomies, so those will be performed at a separate facility.
St John of God Health Care will operate the Midland Health Campus.
The opposition suggested in parliament on Wednesday that the patients were being shunted to “the corner of a car park”, and some callers on talkback radio questioned why a Catholic health provider had been selected to operate a mainly public hospital if it was not prepared to offer the full range of services.