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      <name>Country Hospitals</name>
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          <heading>Country Hospitals</heading>
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        <name>Mr PICTON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Kaurna</electorate>
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          <question date="2021-10-14" qonNum="821">
            <name>Country Hospitals</name>
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          <inserted>821 <by role="member" id="4841">Mr PICTON (Kaurna)</by> (14 October 2021).  In the 2020-21 financial year, which country hospitals had times of no medical coverage at their emergency department, and how many days for each of those hospitals?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
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            <name>Premier</name>
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          <question date="2021-10-14" qonNum="821">
            <name>Country Hospitals</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>All country emergency departments have had continuous medical coverage either physically or virtually from the South Australian Virtual Emergency Service (SAVES), support from Medstar (for high acuity cases) or virtual coverage from neighbouring hospitals.</inserted>
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