The Latest Breaking News from Ambulance Victoria

Blues duo discharged after hospital treatment

AFL club Carlton says players Will Hayward and Lachie Cowan's trips to hospital this weekend stemmed from separate incidents.

AAP · Oct 11

Victoria police apologise over death of injured man taken to cells instead of hospital

Inquest into 2023 death shown footage of John Makai struggling to stand after suffering serious head injury from being punched in head by son

The Guardian - AU · Sep 28

'We struggle': paramedic-led mental health plan slammed

Paramedics would take the lead in responding to mental health crises, under guidelines an ambulance union says are well-intentioned but cause for concern.

AAP · Sep 28

Ambos delayed as long weekend, heat stretches resources

Ambulance services were under pressure after an influx of people seeking emergency help was driven by public holiday festivities and warm weather.

AAP · Nov 2, 2025

Stonehaven school bus crash: one student dead and 11 in hospital after ‘horrific’ bus roll west of Geelong

‘Serious collision’ on Hamilton Highway in Victoria during school pick-up for Christian College Geelong

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2025

Kangaroo on road could have caused triple-fatal crash

A car crash potentially caused by a kangaroo has claimed three lives and left another person critically injured, capping a horror weekend on one state's roads.

AAP · Jul 6, 2025

'Unacceptable' wait in caffeine overdose death

A woman was found dead seven hours after calling triple zero, in what a coroner describes as an "acceptable" wait for an ambulance.

AAP · Jun 17, 2025

Woman's caffeine death blamed on ambulance ramping

The death of a woman who overdosed on caffeine tablets, seven hours after she called triple zero, has been blamed on system failures and ambulance ramping.

AAP · Jun 16, 2025

Ambulance bosses accused of pandemic funeral cover-up

While residents were forced to remain locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic, ambulance staff were hosting a secret funeral, which breached rules.

AAP · Apr 24, 2025

One state won't leave cardiac arrest survival to chance

People who suffer cardiac arrest are more likely to survive the medical condition in one Australian state than almost anywhere else in the world.

AAP · Mar 24, 2025