House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2016-06-07 Daily Xml

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Lyell McEwin Hospital Open Day

Ms BEDFORD (Florey) (14:22): My question relates to the open day that is going to be held at the Lyell McEwin health service. I want to know if people—

Mr GARDNER: Point of order, sir: standing order 97 sets out the way in which questions may be asked, and the member for Florey is ignoring it.

The SPEAKER: The member for Florey has asked about the open day—

Ms BEDFORD: And I want to know if there will be access to all areas of the Lyell McEwin health service on that open day for the people in the north-eastern suburbs to see the new facilities that were the subject of the first question.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:22): Thank you very much to the member for Florey. Can I say—

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: If the leader makes another utterance outside standing orders, he will tread that path trod by the member for Unley so many times. Minister, more of your ambrosia, please.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Pleasure, Mr Speaker. The member for Florey has been long calling for an open day so that her constituents can see the wonderful improvements that have been made at the Lyell McEwin Hospital. It really has been transformed into the third significant tertiary hospital in our state. I can confirm that we will have as many areas—

Ms Sanderson interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Adelaide is called to order.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: —of the hospital open as possible. Of course, we do need to respect that it is an operating hospital, so there are areas that we will not be able to open, obviously. But we are making every effort to make sure that as much of the hospital is open so that the good people of the member for Florey's electorate, and the member for Wright's electorate and indeed my electorate, can have an opportunity to see the marvellous improvements that have been made, significant improvements that have been made, at that hospital.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader knows I am very good at pinging a free kick out of a melee, so she is warned for the second and final time. The leader.