Very crook , his diary reads on February 4. No breath . It was a heart attack. From his property about 50km north of Dingo, the 69-year-old drove to his doctor in Rockhampton. I got gradually worse, Rob said. I went to my GP and soon as he gave me a test he said, You re bloody serious here; you better get off to hospital . I ve never been in an ambulance all my life. It s all new to me. Rob campdrafting. Rob was put in a trolley and taken to the Emergency Department at Rockhampton Base Hospital. He said he waited there for at least three hours, which gave him time to observe how the department operated.
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Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates will fly into the Beef Capital to look at the problem of ramping at Rockhampton Base Hospital.
Her trip was prompted by data showing the city was among the worst for ambulance ramping in Queensland: Rockhampton’s ramping has increased 27 per cent since February 2020 such that nearly half of all patients were not transferred off-stretcher within 30 minutes.
Statewide, there has been an average ramping increase of 11 per cent within the same period.
“The State Government is losing control of the health system,” Ms Bates claimed.
“The Opposition has been inundated with health horror stories from honest Queenslanders since we raised the issue in state parliament.
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