This appeared last week:Shock resignation of SA Health Minister catches government and healthcare off-guardLynne Minion | 19 Sep 2017 Just two weeks after the opening of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital, embattled South Australian Health Minister Jack Snelling has quit cabinet, announcing he will leave parliament at next year’s state election.Snelling’s resignation was followed hours later by the announcement by Mental Health Minister Leesa Vlahos that she would be stepping down from the ministry for “personal health” reasons. Both ministers were responsible for the state-run Oakden nursing home, where poor treatment of dementia patients led to the closing down of the facility and an anti-corruption inquiry, which is soon to deliver its report.Claiming his decision to walk away from politics was due to family reasons, Snelling’s departure from his contentious tenure in the health minister’s role “caught people unawares” in the party, according to Labor Whip Tom Kenyon.First term...
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