Future extensions and upgrades to Adelaide's rail network will be investigated under funding allocated in South Australia's budget, while more beds have been pledged for two of the city's hospitals.
The SA government will allocate $10 million to explore extending Adelaide's rail line further north and south of the city.
ABC News has been told $10 million will go towards the rail extension planning, with the cost split equally between the federal and state governments. ABC News has also been told the planning works could also investigate what would be required to extend services to Mount Barker.As record ambulance ramping besets South Australia's embattled public health system, another 56 beds have been pledged for two of Adelaide's hospitals — but they're not expected until next year.
"Capacity is one of our bigger causes of ramping," said Tom Soulsby, from the Central Adelaide Local Health Network. "The introduction of this new system will make it much quicker for the ambulances to discharge patients and transfer them to an emergency department, getting them into hospital care much quicker and much more seamlessly. This new system will integrate into the hospital's electronic patient record system."Three new ambulance stations will be built at Two Wells, Marion and Whyalla at a combined cost of $24 million and open in 2026, the government has said.
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