Modbury Hospital

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:46): Is the minister prepared to provide a guarantee that there will be no scaling down of the acuity at the emergency department at Modbury?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:46): What I guarantee is that there are going to be 3,000 additional patients being treated every year at the Modbury Hospital. The opposition can bleat all it wants about the hospital being downgraded, but I don't see how you can downgrade a hospital when it's dealing with 1,800 additional elective procedures every year and 3,000 additional patients going through it every year.

The SPEAKER: Supplementary, member for Florey.