Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

In answering this, I acknowledge that Keith hospital is in a central location on the highway and it does play an important role in providing acute care to any accidents that may unfortunately occur. I trust the hospital will be able to restructure its services and staffing, as well as maximise access to its existing funding streams, to continue to provide these important services to the area. The Department of Health and Ageing will be able to discuss further possibilities with the hospital executive.

Going back to the earlier response I made, I am informed that the South Australian departmental office has contacted the hospital executive to suggest a meeting to be able to progress some of these matters. I trust this will occur in the near future.