Poor ambulance response time to Phillip Hughes

November 27, 2014 10:55

Paramedics took 15 minutes to reach Phillip Hughes at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday as he lay critically injured on the field, and it took two calls to triple-0 to get them there.

NSW Ambulance Commissioner Ray Creen will be hauled before the Health Minister on Thursday to discuss the incident after the service put out two conflicting statements on Wednesday about how long it took for an ambulance to get to the SCG. Read more

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