Ambus

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (15:12): Supplementary: given the minister's statements about the ambus, can he tell the house whether the ambus was actually on stand-by before the recent heavy weather event on the 28^th? The information that the opposition has been given is that it was not on stand-by because SAAS could not have the required trained staff.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (15:12): No, my advice is that if we had needed to evacuate the Port Pirie hospital, and that was something that we were preparing for because it was a possibility, then the ambus would have been available to transport patients from the Port Pirie hospital to other hospitals for relocation.