Ambulance Victoria has urged the public only to call triple zero in an emergency after the number of COVID-19 cases in hospitals doubled in a month.
in hospital, more than double the 170 patients who were hospitalised with the virus at the same time last month. Twenty-one of those patients are in intensive care, with eight on ventilators.
Under code orange protocols, the entire healthcare system is warned about the high demand on ambulances and extra staff are asked to work.Chris Hopkins “We’re taking every measure we can to prevent that impacting on our response to the community. But again, it’s really important that the community help us as well by saving triple zero for emergencies.“While we will always have as many crews on the road as we can, every call that isn’t an emergency puts even further strain on them to reach those who need us the most.
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