Health Minister Stephen Wade has told FIVEAA the woman was taken into the hospital\u2019s ED when her condition deteriorated. The ambulance union earlier claimed she had \u201cnever made it inside\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to the union\u2019s Phil Palmer:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very sad day when the overcrowded hospital crisis results in a patient passing away while waiting the queue of ambulances ramped at the FMC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOld folk are the biggest single cohort of patients left waiting for an ambulance and left waiting on the ramp\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cHer and her family should not have had to go through this, it is a denial of basic human rights.<\/p>\n
\u201cMake no mistake, ramping is at an all-time high, this is from data supplied to the union by SA Ambulance. Data is one thing, human suffering is another.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Health Minster Stephen Wade joined FIVEAA\u2019s Leon Byner on Friday.<\/p>\n
LISTEN HERE:<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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