Evelyn electorate
Bridget VALLENCE (Evelyn) (14:49): (1278) What is the government doing to fix ambulances ramping at Maroondah Hospital, putting lives at risk? That is my question to the Minister for Ambulance Services on behalf of my community and the dedicated ambulance officers and paramedics at Lilydale ambulance station, who are incredibly frustrated about the massive and persistent problem of ambulances ramping at Maroondah Hospital and other hospitals across Victoria. Ambulance ramping is no fault of our paramedics and ambulance workers. They provide tremendous emergency health care to people in need and have to wait hours to transfer patients into a hospital bed because of the government’s mismanagement of the hospital system. Statistics show ambulance ramping at Maroondah Hospital is particularly bad, with the longest on-stretcher statistics showing over 5 hours at Maroondah Hospital and nearly 3 hours at Box Hill Hospital. After a decade in office the Allan Labor government has failed its promise to fix this, and I take the opportunity to shout out to all of our ambulance workers and paramedics at Lilydale ambulance station.