SA second worst in the nation for ED wait times – and getting worse

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SA second worst in the nation for ED wait times – and getting worse

December 11, 2019 Damning data shows wait times for SA emergency departments are getting worse across almost every category – only one showed a good result....

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Dear Resident of South Australia

December 9, 2019 Dear Resident of South Australia, Thank you for your interest in supporting our efforts to secure safe staffing of the SA Ambulance Service, and to eradicate the scourge of ambulance...

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Noarlunga Hospital upgrade to take the pressure off Flinders Medical Centre

December 5, 2019 The chronically overloaded Flinders Medical Centre will be partially relieved by a major upgrade at the Noarlunga Hospital. A major upgrade of services at Noarlunga Hospital is expected to...

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Ambulance union to take Government to Employment Tribunal to resolve lack of breaks

December 3, 2019 Paramedics are enduring 12-hour shifts without adequate meal breaks – sometimes no break at all – and the Ambulance union has had enough.…....

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RAMPING DEATH

November 18, 2019 A woman whose grandmother was forced to wait for hours in the back of an ambulance for a hospital bed, has spoken exclusively about the ordeal, to 10 News First....

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Caleb Bond: It is frankly disgusting that we would leave people in ambulances for hours waiting for medical attention

November 18, 2019 People dying after being ramped in ambulances, hospital patients served cold food on disposable plates and allegations of corruption. SA’s health system is a disgrace, writes Caleb Bond....

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Ambulance Employees Association says elderly victim didn’t get a chance to survive, and reveals pictures of a blocked-off ward

November 18, 2019 The death of an elderly man outside hospital could have been prevented if he’d got imaging and surgery in time, the ambulance union claims – as pictures show another ward being closed....

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FIVEaa Radio – Leon Byner – Third patient dies this year after ramping!

November 18, 2019 Starts at 00:28...

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Third patient dies this year after ramping outside of Adelaide hospital

November 18, 2019 Another patient has died after being ramped outside Adelaide’s Flinders Medical Centre for more than an hour. Key points: A male patient suffering from abdominal pains has died after...

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Ambulance Union says another death at Flinders Medical Centre is due to ramping

November 18, 2019 A patient has died after being ramped, the Ambulance Employees Association says – the third in three months....

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Action needed on ambulance shortage

November 8, 2019 The Ambulance Employees Association (AEA) are calling for serious action to be taken to address a critical shortage of ambulances across the state, including in Whyalla. Currently the steel...

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FIVEaa Radio – Leon Byner – Privatisation of Patient Transfer Services…

November 5, 2019 Interview with Secretary Phil Palmer and Minister Stephen Wade Starts at 01:37...

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Four ambulances caught in gridlock at South Coast District Hospital in Victor Harbor

November 1, 2019 Mid-afternoon on Monday, October 28, four local ambulance crews were ramped at South Coast District Hospital (SCDH), according to the Ambulance Employees Association (AEA). AEA industrial...

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FIVEaa Radio – Leon Byner – Outsourcing out of hospital programs!

October 31, 2019 The government said, “We don’t have a privatisation agenda” Starts at 02:05...

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An investigation has been launched into why an elderly woman was shunted between three hospitals

October 30, 2019 for more than six hours, during a period of hospital overcrowding and ambulance ramping....

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ABC Radio – Ali Clarke & David Bevan – Phil Palmer on Ramping

October 29, 2019 A pensioner died at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after being Ramped in an Ambulance for 42 minutes. Interview starts at 01:41:23...

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McLaren Vale patient struggled without an ambulance for over 30 minutes

October 29, 2019 A patient in McLaren Vale has been left struggling to breathe and without an ambulance for over 30 minutes. On October 28 a patient in McLaren Vale required an ambulance due to breathing...

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Ambulance ramping: Royal Adelaide Hospital patient died after 42 minutes ‘stuck on ramp’

October 29, 2019 SA Health has revealed a patient died after being stuck in an ambulance outside the RAH earlier this year – the second claimed ramping-related death in 12 months....

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TICKING TIME BOMB!

October 28, 2019 RAMPING CRISIS: SA Health has been forced to disclose a second ramping-related death at a major Adelaide Hospital. Although the state’s health boss claims to be making progress, he...

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