Albury paramedic 'disgusted' after patients left waiting as ambulances used for non-emergency patient transport

Sophie Boyd
Updated September 27 2017 - 11:11am, first published September 26 2017 - 8:30pm
FED UP: Australian Paramedic Association representative and Albury paramedic James Kydd says lives are being put at risk, with paramedics sent on long-distance patient transport. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE
FED UP: Australian Paramedic Association representative and Albury paramedic James Kydd says lives are being put at risk, with paramedics sent on long-distance patient transport. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE

For two-and-a-half hours an Albury resident lay helpless with a broken hip, waiting and alone, while paramedics ferried non-urgent patients to appointments. 

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Sophie Boyd

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