House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Question Time Modbury Hospital Modbury Hospital Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Dunstan Leader of the Opposition Modbury Hospital Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:11): My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister initiate an independent investigation into claims by the President of the Salaried Medical Officers Association that there have been at least three cases of patients experiencing poor outcomes as a result of the downgrade of the Modbury Hospital and that there may well have been avoidable deaths? If not, why not? The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly Playford Minister for Health Minister for the Arts Minister for Health Industries Modbury Hospital The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:12): Because that particular individual, I would take nothing he says at face. That is something I have said before. Second, he certainly doesn't represent the doctors who advise me. The second thing I would say is that if that particular individual is serious about having any matter investigated, we have procedures within the Department for Health. Mr Marshall interjecting: The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: He should enter them, use the normal processes— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The leader is called to order and warned. The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: There are established systems that we have in place where any adverse event should be notified. If that individual is aware of anything, he should enter it on the appropriate system and have it investigated in that way.