Victoria's health system is facing 'ongoing challenges' after it was pushed to breaking point again, forced to declare a code red overnight. 9News
The service was able to recall staff and restore operations to normal levels."Just before 2am today, Ambulance Victoria enacted a red escalation of its emergency response plan due to extreme demand within metropolitan Melbourne.
"These measures had a swift effect in reducing the impact of the impact on ambulance services by 3.15am."AV Executive Director Operational Communications Lindsay Mackay said there were "ongoing challenges" for AV.Ambulance Victoria's executive director of operational communications, Lindsay Mackay, said there were no specific factors that led to the code red.
"They just kept coming in for a couple of hours and that's really what led us towards activating the escalation plan."The service says it's primarily due to staff shortages as COVID-19 and flu cases spike in Victoria.
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