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Ramping ‘Major Factor’ in Deadly 10-hour Ambulance Wait

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An ambulance is parked in front of the Emergency and Trauma service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, on July 21, 2022. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
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3/8/2024|Updated: 3/8/2024
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Emergency responders “under-appreciated” the risk to a vulnerable patient who died after a 10-hour ambulance wait, a review of the incident has found.

Suffering intense abdominal pain and vomiting, an ambulance was called for Eddie, a 54-year-old man living in disability care in Adelaide’s east, on Dec. 27.

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