Australian Man Dies After Waiting for Hospital Bed in Ambulance

Published on November 18, 2023

A Queensland grandfather has died after allegedly waiting hours in an ambulance for a hospital bed west of Brisbane. Health Minister Shannon Fentiman said a full clinical review was under way after Wayne Irving died at Ipswich Hospital early on Nov. 17 morning. Mr. Irving is believed to have suffered a fatal heart attack as he was being transferred from a stretcher to a hospital bed after waiting three hours in the back of an ambulance. His family said they called triple-0 at 7.30pm on Nov. 16 when Mr. Irving complained of chest pains, with paramedics arriving at their Coulson residence within 30 minutes....

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