Tasmanian ramping inquiry hears 'harrowing' stories of ambulance patients forced to wait for treatment

ABC NEWS (Australia) 2023-10-26

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Tasmania's parliamentary inquiry into ambulance ramping has received dozens of damning submissions painting a picture of a struggling system showing few signs of improvement. Patients and health care workers have shared harrowing stories of anxious waits, accidental overdoses and ambulances that never arrived.
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