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AMBO CRISIS UPDATE - Last night my father needed an ambulance (non COVID related issue). He is 79, was fainting non stop, vomiting when conscious and had a blood nose. I’d consider that an emergency. My sister (who he lives with) called 000 at 9pm.The operator asked a series of..
questions before telling my sister Dad doesn’t fit the criteria as ‘urgent’. She told my sister someone would call her back straight away to Triage him further. 35 minutes later, someone else called back and asked the same questions and again, said someone would call back …….
straight away. Another 30 minutes passes. A doctor from a hospital in Sydney (my Dad lives in Melbourne) rang my sister and spoke to her for 20 minutes, provided some advice and recommended he see a doctor (no shit !). My sister and I are furious and this is….
