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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-06-19" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Flinders Medical Centre</name>
      <text id="20180619e6096881de6245f580000707">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Flinders Medical Centre</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2018-05-29" qonNum="20">
            <name>Flinders Medical Centre</name>
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        <text id="20180619e6096881de6245f580000708">
          <inserted>20 <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) </by>(29 May 2018).  Is the government committed to the existing capital works scope and budget for the redevelopment underway at Flinders Medical Centre and if not, what changes have been made?</inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
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        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-05-29" qonNum="20">
            <name>Flinders Medical Centre</name>
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        <text id="20180619e6096881de6245f580000709">
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            <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The government remains committed to the capital works at the Flinders Medical Centre (FMC).</inserted>
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          <inserted>The recent $185.5 million FMC redevelopment project provided a new multilevel car park, a new rehabilitation and palliative care building and a new older persons mental health facility. These facilities are fully completed and operational and are now within a defects liability period.</inserted>
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          <inserted>The $17.5 million FMC neonatal unit redevelopment project which will provide an upgraded and expanded neo natal unit remains in construction. This project is forecast for completion in September 2018.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20180619e6096881de6245f580000713">
          <inserted>During late 2017, the two existing cold shell operating theatre spaces at FMC were fully fitted out including the installation of specialist medical equipment within the approved capital budget of $3.5 million. These works are fully completed and operational and are now within a defects liability period.</inserted>
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