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78-minute ambulance wait: Zeehan death exposes a gap in local cover
Uncovered leave left Zeehan without a local ambulance crew, while nearby paramedics were busy. An investigation must explain why replacement cover failed—and what changes next.
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- 78 minutes—an hour and 18 minutes—passed between a man’s call for help in Tasmania’s Zeehan area and the reported arrival of an ambulance. His emergency required immediate assistance. But the local station had no crew, neighbouring paramedics were treating other patients, and the ambulance sent from Burnie reached him after he had died.
