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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Anita Beaumont

EXPLAINED: No available ambulances paramedics call for emergency help | Rare Historical Photos

Crisis: Ambulance bays overflowed at John Hunter Hospital on Thursday when there were no available vehicles to respond to emergencies. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

AMBULANCE ramping at the Hunter's hospitals became so extreme last week that at one point there were no paramedics available to respond to emergencies, the union says.

The NSW branch of the Australian Paramedics Association (APA) said ambulances were getting stuck at hospitals for "hours on end" as they waited to offload patients.

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