Premier calls on feds to help fix system in âcrisisâ Ambulance ramping has been an issue across the country, including Queensland, Tasmania and South Australia. Picture: Chris Kidd
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The Queensland Premier revealed her plea to federal counterparts to help solve the chronic issue of hospital bed shortages and ambulance ramping after reports a man waited 26 hours in an emergency department for treatment.
Neville Clayton died less than a week after he endured several heart attacks amid a harrowing wait at Ipswich Hospital that the opposition described as âabsolutely tragicâ.
The manâs son, former nurse Anthony Clayton, shared his fatherâs story in the hope of forcing change to a health sector plagued by an undersupply of hospital beds and common anecdotes of paramedics waiting for hours to admit patients to emergency departments.
Euthanasia legislation that was a made a major election priority by Annastacia Palaszczuk is at risk of failure, as the vast majority of MPs remain guarded about where they stand on the sweeping reforms. Senior Cabinet ministers Cameron Dick and Grace Grace are among dozens of MPs from both sides of politics who won t say if they are supportive of voluntary assisted dying (VAD).
The Courier-Mail contacted all MPs for comment, with 21 declaring they would vote in favour of legislation and another 14 indicating they supported euthanasia but did not commit to a yes vote. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk promised during the October election campaign to put voluntary assisted dying legislation before the parliament by February. (News Corp/Attila Csaszar)
Queensland MPs are set to vote on sweeping euthanasia legislation this year, after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made it a key election pledge. The Courier-Mail went to all MPs for comment to seek their view on the issue, as they await draft legislation from the Queensland Law Reform Commission which is due by May. See what your MP had to say in response to the following questions: Do you support voluntary assisted dying? Will you vote in favour of voluntary assisted dying when the legislation comes before the parliament? See where your local MP stands on this sensitive issue. Stephen Andrew, Member for Mirani (One Nation)