An urgent summit is being called to address Tasmania's ambulance ramping crisis as the health union claims the state government's 'inaction' is putting 'lives at risk'.
The Tasmanian Greens have accused Premier Jeremy Rockliff of"deliberately" misleading the public after recent figures outlined the state's worsening ambulance ramping crisis.
Premier Jeremy Rockliff accused of misleading Tasmanians after new figures showed a deepening ambulance ramping crisis. Picture: Chris Kidd "The information the Greens extracted from the Government in Estimates shows things have become so much worse since then, with a large drop to just 67.5 per cent of arrivals being transferred within 30 minutes," she wrote in a statement.
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