00:00The ambulance union raising concerns over crew and resourcing after a man died waiting for paramedics to arrive at a car crash in Selix Hill.
00:12The real effect is obviously when we can't get to our patients in time to administer life saving care.
00:18The union says it took the ambulance about 17 minutes to arrive.
00:22In the city paramedics are expected to arrive within 8 minutes for similar cases but that time frame doesn't apply in the region.
00:31The SA Ambulance Service says the patient was seen as soon as possible.
00:35It's unfortunate that the Aldinga crew were in the community already but after that the next available ambulance, the closest ambulance was sent.
00:45It's tragic for the family, it's tragic for the paramedics and South Australians deserve answers.
00:51To the north of the city there were delays at the Lyle McEwan Hospital.
00:55The doctors union says a patient waited 72 hours in the emergency department for a bed in a mental health facility.
01:02It's just not the appropriate care that those patients actually need.
01:07Last month's ramping numbers were the second highest on record with ambulances spending 5,387 hours waiting.
01:16The government says record numbers of flu cases are also having an impact with over 2,000 cases and 164 hospital emissions.
01:25There's no doubt that we need additional hospital beds and that's what I've been saying repeatedly and that's what we're doing.
01:31Ongoing investment but a greater need for speed.
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