House of Assembly: Thursday, September 29, 2016

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Power Outages, Hospitals

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:16): Just for clarity, can the minister just make it very clear that there has been no change to the emergency surgery arrangements at the Flinders Medical Centre?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:16): I just refer to my previous answer, where I made very, very clear that, no, that is not my understanding. My understanding is that elective surgery, non-urgent elective surgery, has been—

Mr Tarzia interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Hartley is warned.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Non-urgent elective surgery has been postponed but, no, it is not my understanding that emergency surgery is being cancelled or delayed in any way at the Flinders Medical Centre.