Hospital overload: Patients forced to wait in the back of ambulance at EDs 14 Apr, 2021 03:49 AM 3 minutes to read Patients are being forced to wait in the back of an ambulance after arriving at several hospital emergency departments. Photo / File Patients are being forced to wait in the back of an ambulance after arriving at several hospital emergency departments. Photo / File The sick and injured are being forced to wait for help in the back of an ambulance at several emergency departments at the country's biggest hospitals as demand skyrockets. The waits are affecting patients who equire medical assistance upon arrival at Auckland City, Middlemore and Christchurch hospitals.