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Elderly man dead after four-hour wait for ambulance: ‘He was calling out’
By News.com.au,
1 days ago
An elderly man has died after he was forced to wait four hours for an ambulance in Melbourne’s west, during what the paramedics’ union has described as a critical shortage.
Victorian Ambulance Union secretary Danny Hill said the 69-year-old Surrey Hills man could be heard yelling for help inside his home about 2am Saturday after a fall. The union boss told the media the man’s neighbors called for an ambulance, but due to stretched resources no crews arrived at the home until about 6am.
Mr Hill said the death was “incredibly sad” and devastating for the man’s family, as well as the call and paramedics who want to be able to help patients.
People in the US, unless they have lived in Europe, cannot grasp the damage that socialized medicine can do. The wait times can and do kill. And the concept of everything being free? Nope. £1800 pounds for shoulder surgery (my cousin). £3600 for a back injection (best friend). 4-6 week wait for lab results (my sister-in-law in Canada). Americans have no idea…
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