Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Cardiac Services Cardiac Services The Hon. C. BONAROS Legislative Council Cardiac Services The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:22): Supplementary: given that time is a critical factor for survival, and everything the minister has just said, how does a 28-month waiting time (up from 19.7 months) at The QEH and a 15-month waiting time (up from 8.3 months) at the RAH for an appointment with a cardiologist gel with the importance of early intervention and treatment? The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Minister for Health and Wellbeing Cardiac Services The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:22): I make the point that the comments that I was making were in relation to cardiac arrest. In relation to waiting times, those outpatient waiting times are in relation to category 2 and 3. The situation the honourable member refers to—an urgent case—is category 1 and they would be given priority for outpatient appointments.