Goodings: This is an intriguing story… that comes to us from Murray Bridge and Mannum where the hospitals there have these fantastic new helipads that have been completed since April, the only problem is, they’re not being used. For those that aren’t keeping up, it’s the 16th of September, so a bit of time has transpired where you’ve got these new helipads that are there presumably to improve patient safety and recovery and so forth, however, not being used. Adrian Pederick is the Member for Hammond. Adrian what’s the reason as you understand it, why we’ve got these brand spanking new helipads that remain unused?

Graham: Do you remember the South Australian Government spending something like $23m to upgrade helipads across South Australia? 13 of the helipads were earmarked for upgrades so that people who need that urgent medical treatment can be airlifted quickly from regional areas to major hospitals. We recently spoke, and you heard it on this program, about the design issues like, for example, the height of the fences around some of the helipads that had to be adjusted to make them operational. The Government also said that some pathways from the helipads to the hospitals would be improved under that funding, they were also going to improve the lighting beacons, navigation equipment in some of the areas, safety zones were going to be widened to better protect patients and staff when the helipads are in use.