Statistics reveal thousands of hours lost to ramping outside SA hospitals
ABCNew data shows the hours lost while ambulances were ramped outside South Australian hospitals has reached the worst level in 18 months. Key points: SA Ambulance Service has released new data on the hours lost to ramping The number of hours ambulances spent ramped has quadrupled over 12 months The SA government says it's expanding EDs and hiring more staff The data, released by SA Ambulance Service, shows patients and crews spent 2,281 hours ramped last month alone. Health Minister Stephen Wade said the ramping statistics demonstrated "what we all knew". "We are continuing to roll out the state's record health spend which is upgrading every metropolitan hospital and expanding almost every metropolitan hospital emergency department, as well as several peri-urban EDs," he said. Ramping at 'a new record' Opposition health spokesman Chris Picton said the ramping figures were not just the worst since the start of the pandemic, but "a new record" for the state.
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