House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-09-11 Daily Xml

Contents

Royal Adelaide Hospital Blackout

Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14:44): My question again is to the Premier. What is the Premier's response to the patients who were undergoing procedures at the time of the blackout that happened at the Royal Adelaide Hospital today?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:44): As I just outlined in my answer to the house a few moments ago, the hospital was fully informed about the testing. This testing is done on a monthly basis. It responds to the 20-minute unscheduled blackout that occurred in February 2018. This was scheduled testing, which the hospital—

Mr Picton interjecting:

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

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —knew about and there were no adverse patient outcomes.