Ambulance ramping leaves RFDS patients stuck in shed for hours
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Western Australia’s Royal Flying Doctor Service is being forced to wait with patients in a shed for hours due to emergency department backlogs at Perth’s major hospitals.
In the past week alone, a patient suffering a medical episode had to wait six hours to be transferred to a hospital while a pregnant woman who had been flown in from Kununurra almost gave birth on a stretcher.
Perth ambulance ramping is impacting the service’s ability to transfer regional patients.
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Alex Dodds, 25, has opened up about the chilling moment he was attacked by a great white pointer on whilst spearfishing north of Perth.
Mr Dodds was mauled by the shark, estimated to be about four metres, near Leeman in the Beagle Islands about 260km north of Perth.
The attack on Wednesday left Mr Dodds with a 20cm gash on his leg under the knee, requiring more than 100 stitches.
Mr Dodds said he was still coming to terms with the encounter which almost cost him his life if not for a brave friend.
Alex Dodds, 25, (pictured with this partner of five years) was left with a 20cm gash on his leg and over 100 stitches after being attacked by shark
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