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Man left to find his own way to ED after a heart attack: HDC

Alan

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Monday 18 March 2024, 04:10 PM

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Hato Hone St John paramedics failed to recognise the seriousness of a man’s condition and left him to find his own way to hospital, says deputy health and disability commissioner Vanessa Caldwell

“It was inferred they were wasting ambulance time” Hato Hone St John paramedics left a patient suspected of having a heart attack unassessed, und

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