(05-04-2021, 12:36 PM)ElwoodBlues1 date Wrote:Ambulance system here isnt going that great either...no code yellow anymore and if you are deemed fit enough to travel by car etc after a medical episode they attend they will also refuse to take you to the ER and ask your family and friends to do the job.It's not the Ambulance system that is the problem, it's the hospitals.
The Ambos take you in and get stuck there waiting for a handover. A mate's missus got taken to Monash Medical Centre the other day from a GP office due to dizziness, the GP was worried she might be having a stroke, but when she got to Monash the hospital kept her on the stretcher for 11hrs with the Ambos staying there for 3hrs before the hospital took over. The hospital ward she ended up in was half empty! They gave her a CT san the 2nd day, then she spent another week in there waiting for an MRI and was discharged 24hrs after!
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