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Health
Duncan Murray

Ambulance call-outs hit decade high in NSW

Demand for ambulances and emergency departments is continuing to surge in NSW. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The number of ambulance call-outs in NSW reached at least a decade high in the final quarter of last year, with emergency departments also seeing near-record demand.

Authorities are continuing to urge patients to keep emergency departments for emergencies, with over half of all presentations during the period classified as semi-urgent and non-urgent.

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