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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-07-31" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Ambulance Supplies</name>
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        <heading>Ambulance Supplies</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4867" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. T.T. NGO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2019-07-31">
            <name>Ambulance Supplies</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-07-31T15:17:27" />
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          <by role="member" id="4867">The Hon. T.T. NGO (15:17):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Health and Wellbeing a question regarding ambulance supplies.</text>
        <text id="20190731bc51e683abc94836b0000252">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. T.T. NGO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4867">The Hon. T.T. NGO:</by>  I refer to Carol, a caller to ABC radio Adelaide<term></term>on Monday who explained her experience with overworked paramedics. She said:</text>
        <text id="20190731bc51e683abc94836b0000254">
          <inserted>…she was looking for a pen…she said, 'Oh no, they don't give us pens now or paper.'</inserted>
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        <text continued="true" id="20190731bc51e683abc94836b0000255">My question to the minister is: why are paramedics no longer being provided with pens or paper?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-07-31T15:18:16" />
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:18):</by>  I thank the honourable member for his question. I have no information that suggests that ambulance officers are not being provided with pens and paper. I will make inquiries and provide the member information on notice.</text>
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