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Linda Romeo’s mother died in March after spending six hours on a trolley in a corridor at Mildura Hospital.

Trapped and dying: Victoria’s worst hospital for emergency department waits

Frustrated patients are discharging themselves after two-day waits at Mildura Base Hospital as hundreds languish in the overwhelmed ED.

  • Henrietta Cook

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Mental health royal commission chair Penny Armytage released the report into Victoria’s mental health system with Daniel Andrews in 2021.

Four-year delay in transferring power from police to paramedics for mental health callouts

Labor had previously announced that paramedics would take over from police as the first responders to triple-zero calls for mental health crises from September 1, 2023.

  • Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
Police at the scene of a fatal house fire in Maryborough on Thursday afternoon.

Man dead, toddler fighting for life after house fire in central Victoria

A man has died and a two-year-old child has been admitted to the Royal Children’s Hospital after a blaze in Maryborough, about 60 kilometres north of Ballarat.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Victoria’s health minister wants to see a 4 per cent improvement in patient offload times by July 1.

Ambos to treat multiple patients more often to reduce ramping

Hospitals have been told to reduce their patient offload times by 4 per cent by the end of this financial year.

  • Broede Carmody
landslip in McCrae

Surgery for injured worker as unsafe landslide homes remain off limits

The Age has obtained a recording of a meeting the Mornington Peninsula Shire council held with affected residents, at which authorities said work to identify the source of the landslide was ongoing.

  • Lachlan Abbott, Sarah Danckert and Angus Delaney
An aerial shot of the landslide in McCrae.

‘Bloody lucky’: Owner of house destroyed by landslide tells of family’s near miss

Seven homes have been evacuated in the area near Penny Lane in McCrae amid warnings other properties could be in danger.

  • Adam Carey, Sarah Danckert, Lachlan Abbott and Angus Delaney
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Paramedic Jim Avard’s rolled ambulance.

Ambulance service denies sacking whistleblower over rollover picture that exposed fatigue crisis

Andrew Bishop went to the aid of a paramedic who tipped his van after an 18-hour shift. The picture he took caused a public backlash for Ambulance Victoria. He’s now been sacked.

  • Heidi Murphy
The Victorian government has struck an in-principle agreement with the state’s ambulance union after a long-running industrial dispute.

Ambulance Victoria strikes deal with paramedics after long-running industrial dispute

Most paramedics would get a pay rise of almost 17 per cent over four years while “experienced paramedics” get 20 per cent over the same period.

  • Lachlan Abbott

Man found dead after four-hour wait for ambulance

There was a shortfall of ambulance crews overnight, with Melbourne’s fleet availability dropping to 1 per cent at times, the Victorian Ambulance Union said.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Broede Carmody
New Ambulance Victoria interim boss Andrew Crisp.

Ambulance Victoria hit in coffers by patient billing ban

Protracted industrial action by paramedics, including an indefinite pause on taking billing details from patients, is hitting the service’s bottom line.

  • Jewel Topsfield and Cassandra Morgan

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