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EXCLUSIVE: After revealing a great-grandfather died from inhaling vomit after waiting hours for an ambulance, InDaily has learned an aged care resident deteriorated and died after going into cardiac arrest as staff repeatedly called for help and performed CPR during a 90-minute wait for paramedics to arrive.
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EXCLUSIVE: The State Coroner will investigate the death of an 89-year-old man who waited hours for an ambulance, with his son – a nurse – believing he would still be alive if help didn’t take so long to arrive.
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UPDATED: A 92-year-old woman who fell and broke her hip waited in agony on the floor of her nursing home for more than two hours for an ambulance to take her to a nearby hospital, with the paramedics union stating there were “no ambulances to send” to multiple emergencies.
A patient suffering a stroke was forced to wait more than 40 minutes for an ambulance last night, while another person with chest pain waited an hour during “a critical lack of resources”, according to paramedics.
