Andrew Bishop, a 40-year veteran of emergency services, was fired after taking a photo of a crashed ambulance he encountered while on duty. The image sparked public outcry and calls for increased support for paramedics.
A whistleblower has claimed he was sacked after he took a photo of a crashed ambulance which he said highlighted fatigue issues faced by paramedics.
He was in a National Patient Transport vehicle that came across the early morning crash and helped free the exhausted paramedic inside.Andrew Bishop had spent 40 years volunteering and working in emergency services when his career was halted by the shot of an ambulance roll-over. "I went out there to help Jim out when he had rolled over, I only went out there with the best intentions to help him out," Bishop said.
When the image went public it sparked first a bungled response from Ambulance Victoria, followed by a no confidence motion in the CEO and mounting pressure on the government to ease paramedics' workloads.
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