South Australia records its worst ambulance ramping delays to date with more than 3,000 hours lost to it last month as the state government announces its strategy to get the state through winter.\n
South Australia has recorded its worst ramping delays to date with more than 3,000 hours lost while ambulances waited outside hospitals last month.3,412 hours were lost to ramping during MayNew data released by the SA Ambulance Service has revealed ambulances spent 3,412 hours ramped during May.
Mr Picton said with more treatments for COVID-19 now available through general practitioners, the COVID Care Clinic at the Royal Adelaide Hospital would be downsized to make room for a new Acute Assessment Clinic. "That's another element where those patients were previously stuck in the emergency department, adding to the ramping pressure as well," he said.at the Women's and Children's Hospital will be expanded to treat all children with respiratory infections, with its name changing to the 24/7 Virtual Kids at Home service.Premier calls for federal action on ramping
"This is a national crisis and I don't think that just throwing more resources at a state level alone will be enough," Mr Malinauskas said. Once there, she was forced to wait for two hours in a tent outside where it was 12 degrees Celsius because the emergency department was full.