Authorities are investigating the death of a man who waited more than three hours for a bed at a regional hospital in Victoria, with the premier, Daniel Andrews, blaming staff shortages for causing “massive strain” on the state’s health system.
The 72-year-old man went into cardiac arrest and died on Monday afternoon after waiting in an ambulance outside the Bairnsdale Regional Health Service in east Gippsland for about three-and-a-half hours.
