Victoria's beleaguered health system experienced record strain under the weight of the Omicron wave at the start of the year, fresh government data shows.
One third of people needing an urgent code 1 ambulance waited longer than the target of 15 minutes in the March quarterThe Victorian Health Services Performance statistics show about one third of urgent code 1 ambulance patients waited more than the target time during the March quarter.
The pressure was being felt across the state's hospital emergency departments, which treated nearly 2,000 more patients than the previous quarter while battling through staff shortages.
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