South Australian Labor Party Leader Peter Malinauskas has vowed to upgrade the South Australian health system through the addition of 300 hospital beds and 100 more doctors to prioritise mental health and reduce ramping if he is elected Premier in March. The announcement came at Labor’s campaign launch on Sunday, where Malinauskas noted that included in the 300 new beds would be 98 allocated to mental health, an area which is suffering from a lack of resources according to Former Director of Mental Health at Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Professor John Mendoza. “Excellent to see that Peter Malinauskas has made mental health the key plank in the Labor election launch. Fundamental to the wellbeing of SA to have a functional care system,” Mendoza said in a tweet. The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) also welcomed the announcement, saying this …
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