Modbury Hospital

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:45): Is it not the case that the college was concerned that the separation of trauma and elective eye surgery was not practical?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:45): That was never an issue because it was always the case that we would have eye surgery available for trauma, high-end trauma, at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. It was never anticipated that that would be moved from the Royal Adelaide Hospital. We've always been quite clear about that. If you have a look at the documents, it was quite clear that we would always have a dedicated team, ophthalmology team, to deal with trauma at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.