Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Modbury Hospital Modbury Hospital The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition Modbury Hospital The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:42): This is a new question. My question is to the Minister for Health. I thank the Minister for Health for confirming that he will not listen to departmental advice in relation to how he undertakes his duties. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: You are debating the question and making comment, and you have not asked leave to make a personal explanation. It is a straight question. The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. MAHER: My question without debate or comment is: will the minister please outline the views of the South Australian branch of the AMA in relation to the establishment of a stand-alone high dependency unit at Modbury Hospital? Will the minister also outline the views of the College of Intensive Care Medicine about his plan to establish a stand-alone high dependency unit at the Modbury Hospital and will the minister outline a single relevant specialist who thinks it's a good and safe thing to do to establish a stand-alone HDU at Modbury? The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Minister for Health and Wellbeing The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:43): In relation to the AMA, I don't answer for the AMA, but I refer the minister to the AMA's website; it is published there. In relation to the intensive care college, I also don't answer for the intensive care college and I am not aware of any public statement by that college in relation to this issue. In terms of the range of clinicians, I will continue to take advice from a whole range of clinicians and I will continue to balance them and take into account not only the department's advice but that of a whole range of clinicians. The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! Let him answer the question. Show him the courtesy that you were shown as a minister. The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. MAHER: That I was shown as a minister? I am happy to extend exactly that same courtesy, Mr President. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Perhaps from me on the floor.