Royal Adelaide Hospital

Mr KNOLL (Schubert) (14:31): Supplementary: minister, your answer to those urgent cat 1 elective surgery cases is for them to be patient?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:31): No, that's not what I said. I said that cat 1 patients, priority 1 patients should not be affected by the ramp down because it is only the lower priority, less urgent elective surgery patients who are having their surgery deferred. To my knowledge, triage category 1 patients aren't having their surgery deferred.