Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Queen Elizabeth Hospital The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:40): Supplementary: given that my question was about inpatients and the minister chose to refer to chemotherapy dosing in response, can the minister confirm that he is advising the house that intravenous chemotherapy will continue to be available to inpatients after the closure of the cancer ward? The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS Legislative Council Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Queen Elizabeth Hospital The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:40): I just don't accept some of the premises of the Hon. Mr Wade's question. I have stated very clearly that my advice is that we are retaining both inpatient and outpatient cancer services at The QEH as part of the government honouring its commitment to do so. This is a good result for the western suburbs. I certainly know that a lot of people in the western suburbs are grateful for that news and they are also very understanding that the government is investing an additional quarter of a billion dollars into this hospital— The Hon. K.J. Maher Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. Maher: A quarter? The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS Legislative Council The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS: A quarter of a billion dollars. It stands in stark contrast to plans that have been announced by our political opponents. I think it speaks a lot about how seriously we take this institution as being an important one when it comes to public health care in the western suburbs.