House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-10-16 Daily Xml

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Hospital Beds

Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14:50): My question is to the Premier. Will the 60 beds that have closed reopen at hospitals when emergency departments hit Code White?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:51): Those beds are still in place. The reality is that they haven't been removed from the hospitals. I know those opposite characterise them as being—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The Minister for Primary Industries is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —closed or moved from hospitals—they are not; they are there and on stand-by and they will be activated as they are needed.