UnitingCare Health chief denies Wesley Hospital withheld details of 2011 Legionnaire's case Authorities are investigating whether a recent legionnaires' disease outbreak is linked to a 2011 death. UNITINGCARE Health executive director Richard Royle has denied he or the Wesley Hospital deliberately withheld information regarding a 2011 legionnaires case. Mr Royle said the source of that case had not been determined so it was unclear whether it was acquired at the hospital. "I did not, I repeat, not make the 2011 case public because it was not confirmed as hospital-acquired," he said. He said he was advised as late as Monday by chief health officer Jeannette Young that it was a sporadic case, from an unknown source. But he said he would stand corrected if it is proven the 2011 case was found to be hospital-acquired with an independent inquiry under way to attempt to determine the source. "As far as I'm concerned it remains unclear to this day," he said. Mr Royle described statements by the Queensland Nurses Union about the Wesley Hospital and its reporting of legionnaires cases as inflammatory. The private sector is being held to the same standards as the public sector. In some instances the standards are probably higher," he said. We are just as accountable as any public hospital. Mr Royle called on all public hospital legionella testing to be made public as well. I believe it would put the community's mind at rest. The Wesley Hospital is expected to be back to full operations in two weeks.