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Paramedics say they’ve been “abandoned” by the Health Minister and are calling on him to “stand up to” the Treasurer to demand more money to fix ramping, after yet another day of ambulances and patients being forced into lengthy waits outside hospital emergency departments.
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Health Minister Stephen Wade has hinted that a reconfiguration of the Royal Adelaide Hospital’s emergency department and ambulance bay may be necessary following “rampant” ambulance ramping.
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Ambulances will attend only “urgent” cases, all non-elective surgeries will be postponed and some patients admitted directly to hospital wards – bypassing Emergency Departments – as the government today struggles to cope with the state’s clogged health system.
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