The ACT Ambulance Service is set to get more intensive care paramedics thanks to a $27.6 million funding injection as part of the upcoming territory budget.
Canberra is set to get more intensive care paramedics under a new funding boost, a month after it was revealed firefighters were being deployed to low-risk ambulance call-outs, due to staff shortages.
Ms Whelan said the unit did not respond to any emergencies in the most serious category — or priority one emergencies — over the weekend, and only dealt with emergencies in the priority two category, for which they were trained. Today the government said the funding, to be formally announced in the August budget, would go some way towards addressing the growing needs of the ACT community, which,"Our paramedics have been experiencing high demand recently with the ongoing pandemic in Canberra's growing population," Mr Gentleman said.
Mr Gentleman said COVID-19 had impacted paramedic staff over the course of the pandemic and the funding was intended to improve their "wellbeing".
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