Elective Surgery

Ms PRATT (Frome) (14:36): My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. How many patients have now had their elective surgeries cancelled as a result of the system-wide Code Yellow?

The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:36): I am happy to take the exact number on notice, but I believe it was over 500 that have been rescheduled and we want to have them rescheduled as soon as we possibly can. As of Friday, we have lifted 90 per cent of the restrictions in terms of elective surgery no longer in place, so as of yesterday my understanding was that there were only five reported deferrals of elective surgery that took place because of the Code Yellow.