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Leaked reports detail ‘dangerous’ Ambulance Victoria call-centre crisis
WorkSafe has threatened legal action if the ambulance service does not quickly address the worker shortages that are damaging the health of staff and potentially threatening public safety.
- by Neil Mitchell
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Rising numbers of flu, COVID-19 cases puts Victorian ambulances under the pump
Ambulance Victoria has urged the public to call triple zero only in an emergency after the number of COVID-19 cases in hospitals doubled in a month.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Hospital used ambulance, fake patients during ministerial visit
Ten Colac Area Health staff members, who worked in other sections of the hospital, attended the urgent care clinic during the visit and sat in the waiting room.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Tragedy
Use new industrial manslaughter laws after fatal mine collapse, union urges
The state’s work safety regulator has closed the Ballarat Gold Mine to begin investigations into the collapse that saw two workers pinned under fallen rocks.
- by Benjamin Preiss and Lachlan Abbott
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Tragedy
Tributes for father killed in Ballarat gold mine collapse
Kurt Hourigan, a 37-year-old miner from Bruthen in Gippsland, died and his 21-year-old colleague is fighting for his life in hospital after rock collapsed on them 500 metres underground.
- by Lachlan Abbott, Alex Crowe and Jewel Topsfield
Telstra chief apologises after Melbourne father dies amid triple-zero outage
Vicki Brady said a “technical incident” early on Friday meant 148 calls weren’t immediately transferred – including one call-out for a person who later died.
- by Lachlan Abbott
As the weather heats up, Victoria is entering a chest-pain danger zone
A large new study has found higher temperatures are linked with spikes in ambulance callouts.
- by Bianca Hall
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Tragedy
Three drown in Phillip Island tragedy, fourth in critical condition
Distraught relatives and friends of the deceased gathered in the car park near the scene of the tragedy on Wednesday evening.
- by Lachlan Abbott, Chris Vedelago and Justin McManus
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Drug reform
‘We have this conversation every summer’: The cost of MDMA overdoses
The Parliamentary Budget Office estimates Victoria spends up to $3.9 million a year on MDMA-related overdoses in ambulances, emergency departments and coronial inquiries.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Healthcare
Why do men with cardiac arrest get more help than women? It’s the breasts
New research finds gender impacts how bystanders respond to someone having a cardiac arrest – it could be because they are uncomfortable exposing breasts.
- by Henrietta Cook
Worker missing after fire engulfs Melbourne paint factory
Two firefighters are among four people who are in hospital with burns to their upper body following a Dandenong South blaze, which was brought under control late Friday.
- by Alex Crowe and Lachlan Abbott