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Ambulance service demands reach unprecedented levels

The lack of available ambulances in Melbourne on Monday prompted a code orange. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Demand for ambulances in Victoria has surpassed the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the parents of a young child forced to drive her to hospital because the nearest ambulance was too far away.

The incident, involving a four-year-old girl, unfolded in Melbourne in the early hours of Monday after a weekend when ambulance services were stretched to the limit.

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