No ED/ER beds available. Patients are kept in the ambulances waiting. Adelaide is a pleasant city pop 1 million, low crime rate.
South Australia's ramping crisis is now the worst it has ever been, new data shows. Ambulances spent 4,773 hours ramped outside hospitals in May. Details on more hospital beds being built in 7NEWS Adelaide at 6pm | t.co/6zxLnriXwY #saparli #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/juv8f2VVNg
— 7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) June 1, 2024
No ED/ER beds available. Patients are kept in the ambulances waiting. Adelaide is a pleasant city pop 1 million, low crime rate.
— Eternal 1133 (@john_cadwe97793) June 10, 2024
In May 2024, patients in South Australia spent a staggering 4,773 hours waiting on ambulance ramps outside hospitals1. This figure surpasses the previous peak recorded in November by almost 500 hours and represents a surge of more than 1,300 hours since April, when ramping dropped to 3,450 hours. The situation has become significantly worse since the 2022 state election, during which Labor promised to address the crisis. However, despite the worsening numbers, the government claims it is working to improve response times and meet its promise of getting ambulances rolling up on time more often. The challenge remains whether voters will hold them accountable for this ongoing issue in future elections.
h/t inna