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There were 42 serious emergencies left uncovered across South Australia overnight with some patients waiting more than six hours for an ambulance to arrive, the paramedics union says, as the ambulance service concedes it is “undoubtedly facing unprecedented demand”.
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UPDATED | A COVID patient waited three hours for an ambulance overnight while two other “critically unwell” cases had to be transported in the same ambulance due to resource shortages and were then ramped, the paramedics union says – but the Premier says all patients were seen in a “clinically appropriate timeframe”.
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UPDATED | An Adelaide mother has told about the heartbreaking loss of her 26-year-old son who died after waiting for an ambulance, as the Opposition claims leaked data reveals the State Government’s legal direction to fix the ramping crisis is “failing”.
An expansion of the Flinders Medical Centre Emergency Department will see the hospital’s overall bed capacity reduce, according to an SA Health blueprint – with doctors warning the Marshall Government must tackle “whole-of-health system issues” rather than “simply making space for more people to be treated in EDs”.
EXCLUSIVE: Shocking cases of ambulance ramping outside overcrowded Adelaide hospitals have been uncovered by a high-level independent investigation, including children aged under 10, a 103-year-old man and a cancer patient who was left languishing for nearly five hours.
The state’s top psychiatrist has conducted an investigation into South Australia’s ambulance ramping crisis and its impact on mental health patients – but his findings are being kept secret more than six months after his report was finalised.
