No ambulances available due to ramping and bed block at hospitals

Anita Beaumont
May 31 2022 - 9:00am
Crisis: Ambulance bays overflowed at John Hunter Hospital on Thursday when there were no available vehicles to respond to emergencies. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Crisis: Ambulance bays overflowed at John Hunter Hospital on Thursday when there were no available vehicles to respond to emergencies. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

AMBULANCE ramping at hospitals became so extreme last week that at one point there were no paramedics in NSW's Hunter region available to respond to emergencies, the union says.

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Anita Beaumont

Anita Beaumont

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Anita Beaumont is a health and general news reporter at the Newcastle Herald.

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