The Victorian Ambulance Union is arguing an Ambulance Victoria intensive care crew shouldn't have been stuck in a corridor with a non-urgent patient.
's Maroondah Hospital is being accused of obstructing the ambulance service after refusing to release a crew to answer an emergency call for a patient who then couldn't be saved.
"They spoke to the hospital 'we need to go, we need to get to this patient that's in cardiac arrest, we can save a life here' but the hospital declined to let them go," union secretary Danny Hill claimed.Melbourne's Maroondah Hospital is being accused of obstructing the ambulance service after refusing to release a crew to answer an emergency call for a patient who then couldn't be saved.
The complaint comes a week after a Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance crew was called to the same hospital to treat a patient.There is some hope a new urgent care clinic nearby will help with demand.How paying with your face could become a reality at Aussie retailers
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