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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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COVID-19 Hospital Response

The Hon. F. PANGALLO (15:12): I thank the minister for his response. I imagine the pandemonium may have made him forget the specifics of my question. What I was after was what numbers would it take for SA Health to be no longer able to cope in our hospitals? Is there a number that our hospitals can accommodate before there are going to be issues? Is there a plan for that?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:12): Yes, sorry, I should have perhaps been more explicit in drawing the relationship—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. S.G. WADE: It is going to be constantly changing, because your expectations of hospitalisations and so forth will vary. They will constantly change on the basis of your vaccination rates. I undertake to seek information from SA Health that might be of interest to the honourable member, but I think it would be unrealistic to say that we have a formula, because there are so many variables.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Pangallo, a supplementary.

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