Long wait times for ambulances as Covid patients stretch Victoria’s health system

Victorian ambulance union says some people making their own way to hospital, and warns situation ‘becoming catastrophic’

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People calling for an ambulance in Victoria have been waiting up to 39 minutes on the phone, the Victorian Ambulance Union says, with aged care staff resorting to calling police for help to transport residents to hospital.

Union secretary Danny Hill described the situation as “becoming catastrophic”.

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