A MANAGER of the Wesley Hospital in Brisbane at the centre of a disease outbreak denies any wrongdoing in not revealing a 2011 legionnaires' death.
The Queensland Nurses Union is calling for an independent investigation into the Wesley Hospital management for not publicly disclosing a previous case of legionnaires' disease.
The Brisbane hospital is currently dealing with a deadly outbreak of legionnaires', which killed one patient and put another in intensive care this month.
Queensland Health is investigating the current outbreak and announced this week it will include the 2011 death in its probe.
UnitingCare Health, which operates the hospital, has previously told reporters there haven't been any past cases.
But UnitingCare director Richard Royle on Wednesday admitted he knew of the 2011 death, while a fortnight ago he denied knowing about any previous legionnaries' cases.
On Thursday he claimed he hadn't been misleading the public or trying to cover up the past.
Mr Royle says the 2011 case was a "sporadic case" and not worthy of telling the public about, even though Queensland Health had been notified at the time.
"I did not make the 2011 case public because it was not confirmed as hospital acquired," Mr Royle added.
He said the current outbreak was different because the hospital's water system was the source.
The Queensland Nurses Union's acting secretary, Des Elder, said withholding information and making false statements are serious offences.
"There absolutely has been a cover-up," Mr Elder said.
"I don't think there's any question that the hospital management has tried to conceal that.
"There had in fact been a previous occurrence of legionella previous years ago when they (UnitingCare) made statements to the press, quite openly, that there had not been."
Mr Elder said had the Wesley been a public hospital, Mr Royle would be held accountable for making false statements.
"It would be a breach of the code of conduct in Queensland Health for a CEO to lie," he said.
Mr Elder said a public hospital chief executive would face disciplinary action under the same circumstances, but declined to say whether he believed Mr Royle should be sacked.
He called for an independent investigation into Mr Royle's false statement and the delay in passing relevant information to Queensland Health.
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