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A major independent review into the state’s emergency rescue and retrieval service MedSTAR has revealed long-standing “cultural issues”, leadership problems and staff behaviour concerns, as well as highlighting issues with fatigue.
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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: 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.
