Ambulance Victoria
‘I see them as investments’: Andrews defends Ambulance Victoria’s $500,000 bill for consultants
The premier says Ambulance Victoria’s budget is well managed and “cultural change sometimes has some costs associated with it”.
- by Broede Carmody
Latest
‘Crumbling system’: More sick Victorians endure 24-hour waits in emergency
The latest health performance data shows a rise in the number of people languishing in emergency departments as they wait for a bed.
- by Henrietta Cook
Analysis
Naked City
A young paramedic was first at the scene. It was a double murder by a notorious hitman
“I often wonder how those kids are going. They were very lucky. Did he show them mercy or did he not know they were in the bedroom?”
- by John Silvester
Sexually harassed Ambulance Victoria staff to receive compensation and apology
A new scheme will be set up to offer former and current employees of the state ambulance service an apology, compensation and restorative sessions with leaders.
- by Henrietta Cook and Aisha Dow
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Mental health
Paramedics put on hold as mental health triple 0 overhaul delayed
A scheme to have paramedics instead of police act as first responders to triple zero calls for mental health from September 1 has been deferred for an unspecified time.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Paramedics explore legal action after drug, alcohol tests leaked
More than 40 confidential spreadsheets containing the pre-employment drug test results of hundreds of graduate paramedics were posted on the Ambulance Victoria intranet, according to the Victorian Ambulance Union.
- by Henrietta Cook
Patients waiting four years for operations meant to be completed within 12 months
The state health minister conceded that despite some progress, more needed to be done to improve ambulance response times and surgery waiting lists.
- by Broede Carmody and Aisha Dow
Ambulance waiting times worsen as Victoria’s health system continues to buckle
Ambulance Victoria responded to the highest number of cases ever in the last quarter as response times suffered from the soaring demand.
- by Nell Geraets
Ambulance Victoria suspends trial after paramedic receives shock while restarting patient’s heart
The paramedic was trialling a new defibrillator method on a cardiac arrest patient when she received an electric shock that sent her across the room.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Child among three hospitalised after ‘water incidents’ at Venus Bay beach
A primary-school-aged boy was airlifted to The Royal Children’s Hospital, while a man in his 50s and another in his 20s were taken to Wonthaggi Public Hospital after a perilous day at Venus Bay.
- by Najma Sambul
Woman copped $1894 ambulance bill despite never being in ambulance
The ambulance bill was among a record number of complaints received by the Victorian Ombudsman for the second consecutive year, including grievances about a prison mouse plague and COVID restrictions.
- by Jewel Topsfield