House of Assembly: Tuesday, June 20, 2017

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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Cath Lab

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): My question is to the Minister for Health.

The Hon. J.M. Rankine interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Wright is called to order.

Mr MARSHALL: Thank you very much, sir. My—

The SPEAKER: I am sure Her Majesty's Opposition would extend to the member for Wright the same liberties they enjoy, namely, three warnings before they go out.

Mr MARSHALL: No, I think we could have a different set, sir. My question is to the Minister for Health. Given that the clinical ambassador for Transforming Health, Professor Dorothy Keefe, told the Charles Sturt Council in November 2016 that The Queen Elizabeth Hospital cath lab would be out of date by May 2017, has the lab been replaced?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:27): No, it hasn't, but we have given a commitment to continuing. We are doing what we have been asked to do and that is to continue the cardiac service at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. We will continue to use that service; that's what we have been asked to do and that's what we are doing.