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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Anita Beaumont

Lake Macquarie woman dies after four triple zero calls and a seven hour wait for ambulance

A 69-year-old woman who waited more than seven hours for an ambulance died 10 minutes after being admitted to Belmont Hospital.

The Toronto woman was experiencing severe abdominal pain in the early hours of April 29, but despite four separate calls to Triple Zero throughout that day, paramedics did not arrive until 6.45pm.

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