- Amulance employees union says paramedics flown in to cover shifts
- Ambulances are being held up for hours at emergency department
- Mildura Base Public Hospital has overstretched capacity
"At times they need to ramp [ambulance patients] because we have no capacity internally within the emergency department to cope,"he said.
"We want a new hospital in the northern Mallee to deal with front door pressure from people who have waited too long for care because they can't access a GP,"he said.