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Surge in calls forces Ambulance Victoria to enact a code red in Metropolitan Melbourne

Ambulance Victoria activated another code red in the early hours of Saturday morning as extreme demand put paramedics under pressure. 

A surge in calls just before midnight in Metropolitan Melbourne forced Ambulance Victoria to escalate its response plan for several hours.

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