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Drug and alcohol tests of graduate paramedics revealed in Ambulance Victoria data breach

Privacy watchdog will be asked to investigate after information became available for all employees to view on the staff intranet

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

Off-duty paramedics are called in to deal with a surge in calls around midnight. Ambulance Victoria says 140 staff are currently furloughed because of COVID-19.

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says the state’s ambulance response times were the best ever just weeks before the pandemic. Is that correct?

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says the state achieved its best ambulance response times in its history "just weeks" before the pandemic. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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Ambulance Vic boss to step aside early

Ambulance Victoria chief executive Tony Walker has brought forward his finish date, as the service continues to search for a replacement.

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Ambulance Victoria launches review into Melbourne man Danny Vasiljevic's long wait for help before he died in hospital

Danny Vasiljevic, 36, was driven to hospital by his partner after waiting 15 minutes for an ambulance but ultimately died of a heart attack.

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Ambulance Victoria boss to stand down

Ambulance Victoria chief executive Tony Walker will resign from his post following his cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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Victorian triple-0 report author says funding issue hampered COVID pandemic 'ramp up'

Victoria's Inspector-General for Emergency Management says the emergency ESTA call taking service wasn't able to properly ramp up during the pandemic.

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Netballer waits more than two hours for ambulance in regional Victoria as union takes aim

After dislocating her ankle in Merbein, netballer Breigh Hammet is forced to wait more than two hours for an ambulance, a scenario the union considers unacceptable.

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Ex-ambulance exec sues over toxic culture

A former Ambulance Victoria executive says her professional confidence was "shattered" after she was allegedly discriminated against.

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Reef beats the heat

In some exciting news for the Great Barrier Reef a monitoring program has found it has a record amount of coral, and rebel Liberal MP Bridget Archer will cross the floor to vote for Labor’s climate bill.

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Victoria doubles virtual emergency department capacity to cope with COVID and flu surge

Premier Daniel Andrews announces a virtual program running at Victoria's busiest ED will be doubled to treat at least 600 patients a day in response to the challenging flu season and the Omicron BA.5 variant.

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Union calls for Victoria ambulance review

A Victorian ambulance union has called for an independent review into the struggling sector following a spate of emergency "code reds".

AAP

Ambulance Victoria enacts code red amid overwhelming demand

A sudden surge of calls at midnight has seen the ambulance service overwhelmed by demand, prompting it to enact its code red strategy.

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Deadly ambulance ramping at Victorian hospitals was on the rise before COVID-19, study finds

New research shows long ambulance offload times in Victoria increased from 2015 to 2019, and patients who faced longer wait times faced a higher risk of dying within the next 30 days.

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‘Covid has broken us’: warnings of a mass resignation among Victorian paramedics

Exclusive: 16% plan to look for new jobs according to survey of 348 Ambulance Victoria staff

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Country footballers wait two hours for ambulance to treat suspected spinal injury at East Gippsland

A flying marking contest at a football match at Lakes Entrance left one player waiting on the ground for an ambulance for two hours. Two off-duty paramedics eventually organised to pick up an unstaffed ambulance from the local station.

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Victorian COVID-19 vaccine mandate rationale 'unclear' given dropped mask rules, expert tells committee

An expert tells a Victorian parliamentary inquiry it's "unclear" why broad vaccine mandates have remained in place when effective rules on masks have not, as another warns COVID-19 is on track to become one of the leading causes of death in Australia this year.

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Vic ambos winding back surge workforce

Surf lifesaving volunteers have already stopped working with Ambulance Victoria, and the ADF's involvement in its surge workforce will wrap up this month.

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Tributes flow for Ambulance Victoria paramedic Pauline Smith who died in Western Victoria crash

A small Victorian town is united in grief after beloved local paramedic Pauline Smith was killed in a two-car collision on the Western Highway.

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Triple-zero crash prompts ambo 'code red'

Dozens of Victorian patients were left waiting for an ambulance overnight after the state's triple-zero dispatch system crashed.

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Ambulance Victoria calls code red as call-out system crashes

Patients in metropolitan Melbourne were told not to call for a paramedic unless it was an emergency, as the response system was again put under strain overnight.

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Long ambulance wait times in regions see couple move closer to better health care

When Mark Stephens' wife suffered heart attack symptoms in the middle of the night, he knew he couldn't risk waiting for an ambulance to reach their regional Victorian home. Now they've packed up their house and moved closer to more reliable health services.

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Victoria's hospital and ambulance system under record pressure, data shows

Victoria's beleaguered health system experienced record strain under the weight of the Omicron wave at the start of the year, fresh government data shows.

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Injured climber winched to safety after Grampians plunge

An injured climber has been winched to safety after falling in the Grampians National Park in Victoria's west last night.

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Victorian man dies in hospital bathroom after three-hour wait for treatment

Investigation launched by Ambulance Victoria and hospital in east Gippsland after man dies from cardiac arrest

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