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Lloyd Jones

BIZARRE: Ambulance shortage contributed to patient deaths - What They Never Told You

St John Ambulance says demand growth for services in the NT has significantly outpaced funding. (Esther Linder/AAP PHOTOS)

A shortage of ambulance crews contributed to the deaths of two elderly patients left stranded for hours, a coroner has found.

The patients, an 89-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man, died at Royal Darwin Hospital in February 2026, sparking an investigation by Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage.

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