Residents of a regional Queensland town fear someone will be killed after the State Government refused to provide a full-time ambulance because hiring somebody to drive it would take too much work. Richmond, a 700-person town located between Hughenden and Julia Creek in the state s northwest, has a part-time ambulance driver on-call to respond to an emergency. However, residents are often forced to take themselves to the hospital instead of waiting for the driver to travel from his home to the ambulance and onto the incident. For two decades Richmond Mayor John Wharton has campaigned on the need for a dual-qualified nurse and paramedic to operate in his town.
Residents of a regional Queensland town fear someone will be killed after the State Government refused to provide a full-time ambulance because hiring somebody to drive it would take too much work. Richmond, a 700-person town located between Hughenden and Julia Creek in the state s northwest, has a part-time ambulance driver on-call to respond to an emergency. However, residents are often forced to take themselves to the hospital instead of waiting for the driver to travel from his home to the ambulance and onto the incident. For two decades Richmond Mayor John Wharton has campaigned on the need for a dual-qualified nurse and paramedic to operate in his town.