The boy's father revealed he called Triple Zero after his wife had a 'rapid labour' and gave birth to their son Ethan, who was not breathing or moving. 9News
mother who unexpectedly gave birth to a premature baby boy on her bathroom floor was denied an ambulance in another alarming example of the emergency services system deteriorating across the country.he called Triple Zero on Sunday morning after his wife had a "rapid labour" and gave birth to their son Ethan in the bathroom of their home at 6am.
"I guess if he came out healthy, kicking and screaming it just would have been a cool story - but he really wasn't in a good way," he told 2GB's Mark Levy."We called Triple Zero - as helpful as the operator tried to be, she couldn't get an ambulance to dispatch and couldn't provide an ETA.The situation is every new parent's worst nightmare and Alex said they were one of the "lucky ones" due to his wife's midwifery training.
Last night, a family in South Australia called Triple Zero after their three-year-old child sustained significant burns and was forced to wait "an agonising 51 minutes" for an ambulance to arrive. "It is likely there will be a delay in an ambulance reaching you. If it's not an emergency, please call NURSE-ON-CALL ," the post read.The hospital system is similarly being pushed to the brink, with thousands of Victorian healthcare workers currently unable to work as they are either infected with COVID-19 or are close contacts of cases, sparking widespread staff shortages.
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