House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2018-10-16 Daily Xml

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Flinders Medical Centre

Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (15:23): My question is again to the minister representing the Minister for Health. Can the minister guarantee that the government's decision to close down immunology and other pathology services at Flinders Medical Centre will not lead to longer delays, including for leukaemia patients?

The SPEAKER: The minister has pretty wide scope there. Minister.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (15:23): Could the shadow minister please repeat the question? I couldn't hear the end, I'm sorry.

Ms Hildyard interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Could the member for Reynell please be quiet so that I can hear the member for Kaurna's question?

Mr PICTON: The question was: can the minister guarantee that the government's decision to close down immunology and other pathology services at Flinders Medical Centre will not lead to longer delays, including for leukaemia patients?

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: Can the minister representing the Minister for Health give that guarantee? I will go to the Minister for Health, I'll take the question on notice, I'll ask him if I can give you that guarantee and I will bring his answer back to you.