Lack of beds can leave patients waiting, and ambulance officers delayed

Sophie Boyd
Updated June 13 2017 - 8:38am, first published June 12 2017 - 8:30pm
CONCERNS: Australian Paramedics Association delegate and Albury paramedic James Kydd says when emergency departments are full, paramedics and patients can be forced to wait up to two hours. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE
CONCERNS: Australian Paramedics Association delegate and Albury paramedic James Kydd says when emergency departments are full, paramedics and patients can be forced to wait up to two hours. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE

Patients rushed to hospital have been forced to wait for up to two hours on stretchers, leaving other triple-0 callers at risk, due to a shortage of hospital beds in Albury and Wodonga public hospitals.

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Sophie Boyd

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