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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...

October 17, 2019 Breakfast show with Spence Denny...

September 20, 2019 Up to 40 per cent of staff have said they would not want to be treated in the area’s hospitals. An elderly patient who waited more than an hour for treatment while being ramped at...

September 9, 2019 Up to 40 per cent of staff have said they would not want to be treated in the area’s hospitals. In the small hours of a Wednesday in an outback town, a teenager struggled to sleep....

February 25, 2019 A review of 17 “patient safety incidents” — including nine deaths in South Australia’s ambulance system — has concluded that in 14 cases, people may have suffered...

February 11, 2019 Up to 40 per cent of staff have said they would not want to be treated in the area’s hospitals....

February 8, 2019 The union representing South Australian paramedics has launched legal action against SA Health and the SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) because of increased overtime and on call pressures....

January 1, 2016 (Matt & Dave) Australia’s first Ambulance Bus which can treat up to 12 patients at a time launched in Adelaide....

November 12, 2015 Five additional paramedics will be added to both Naracoorte and Renmark ambulance stations in a bid to ease heavy workloads and fatigue among staff. The extra staff come after a campaign by...

December 11, 2014 Paramedics fed up with being assaulted on the job in South Australia want tougher restrictions on the sale of alcohol in Port Augusta. Ambulance Employees’ Association state secretary...

November 24, 2014 Sleep-deprived paramedics in regional South Australia are demanding roster changes because they fear they could be a danger to patients. An on-call system is used in country areas to ensure...

November 21, 2014 Sleep-deprived paramedics in regional South Australia are demanding roster changes because they fear they could be a danger to patients. An on-call system is used in country areas to ensure...

November 14, 2014 Paramedics in South Australia are attending court hearings in uniform in protest of assaults against ambulance officers. Uniformed members were most recently at the Port Augusta...

November 10, 2014 A woman is due to appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court today charged with the serious assault of two paramedics overnight. Police said the ambulance officers were called to help the...

September 10, 2014 Persistent ramping at the Royal Adelaide Hospital could have fatal consequences, the Ambulance Employees Association has said. Frustrated paramedics have met with the Industrial Relations...

December 2, 2013 A paramedic says he acted in his patient’s best interests when he ignored a directive and took the woman to another Adelaide hospital. Ray Penhall says the patient had been vomiting...

June 4, 2012 A specialist in emergency medicine says the design of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital may lead to problems similar to those at the Flinders Medical Centre. The State Government has ordered...

May 16, 2012 An emergency department clinician at Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide has spoken in defence of ramping of patients in ambulances at times of high demand. Dr David Teubner said no-one at...

September 23, 2011 South Australian Health Minister John Hill has publicly apologised to patients who were kept waiting in ambulances outside Flinders Medical Centre last Monday. Ambulances banked up as...

September 21, 2011 The Ambulance Employees Association says it is an outrage that severe overcrowding continues at Adelaide public hospitals. Association secretary Phil Palmer said eight ambulances were left...