Hospital Beds

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:12): Supplementary, sir. Can the minister confirm that, of the additional beds provided at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, some of these indeed include beds in the morgue viewing room, the TV room and hospital corridors?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:12): I don't have the information, but they consist of both additional beds and the normal flex beds that we have the ability to flex up when the demand calls for it. I don't know their exact location, but they are proper hospital beds.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Here we go again.

The SPEAKER: The member for Stuart and the member for Adelaide are called to order.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Here we go again—the old hospital haters. It all comes out. They haven't got anything to say about health. They had nothing to say about health at the last election, and now they have the gall to try to lecture this side of the house about how to run a public hospital.

Mr GARDNER: Point of order, sir: standing order 98.

The SPEAKER: I uphold the point of order. Supplementary.