Emma Mackey says she was in the worst pain she had ever experienced when she called an ambulance last month.That's expected to grow to 300 a day next weekThe mother of three, from Sydenham in Melbourne's north-west, had been discharged from hospital earlier in the day with suspected kidney stones."I called the ambulance at 7:40pm and I called them five times after then up until 11:30pm and they didn't turn up until 12:30am the next morning," she said.
Professor Walker said paramedics were treating around 200 patients with COVID-19 every day, but that number was expected to increase to 300 in the next week. The Victorian government announced yesterday the state's former police chief will head a review of the state's overwhelmed emergency call-out call operator.numerous reports of the authority's call system crashing, putting lives at riskThe emergency call operator has come under intense pressure during the pandemic, with calls to the triple-0 service reaching some of the highest recorded levels.
But public health authorities have said the state is still on track to reach the vaccination targets set out in Victoria's roadmap in order to lift lockdowns.Meanwhile, The Australian Medical Association has warned Victoria's health system needed to prepare for coronavirus patients swamping hospitals well into next year.
Dr Sarah Whitelaw says GPs will play a bigger healthcare role as hospitals come under severe pressure.
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