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Ethan James

Six-hour ambulance wait while 'distressed and in pain'

Staff morale at the Royal Hobart Hospital has been severely damaged, one senior doctor said. (Chris Crerar/AAP PHOTOS)

A dementia home resident who died after being diagnosed with a perforated bowel waited six hours for an ambulance while distressed and in increasing pain. 

The 82-year-old woman's story is among dozens of submissions to a parliamentary inquiry into ambulance ramping in Tasmania. 

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