Ambulance ramping, waiting times blow out in Tamworth, Gunnedah according to Bureau of Health Information data

Andrew Messenger
June 15 2022 - 5:00am
CLOGGED UP: Health staff recently complained that the hospital had been forced to repeatedly issue 'Code Black' orders to staff to clear a clogged-up system by discharging any patients who could be sent home. Photo: Gareth Gardner
CLOGGED UP: Health staff recently complained that the hospital had been forced to repeatedly issue 'Code Black' orders to staff to clear a clogged-up system by discharging any patients who could be sent home. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Emergency patients in the Tamworth and Gunnedah region are waiting for as long as 31 minutes for an ambulance, with the district recording the worst statistics in a decade.

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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