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Associate Health Minister Casey Costello backs St John’s response to record 111 demand

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Associate Health Minister Casey Costello backs St John’s response to record 111 demand
NZ Herald
NZ Herald1 hrs ago
Associate Health Minister Casey Costello backs St John’s response to record 111 demand
Patients may face longer waits or be directed to other healthcare services.
RNZ
RNZ3 hrs ago
Hato Hone St John braces for another call spike after record-breaking ambulance demand
St John is asking people to call an ambulance only in a genuine health emergency, as it grapples with its busiest days on record.
Stuff
Stuff🏁 first to report18 hrs ago
A call every 20 seconds: St John activates major incident response after record number of 111 calls
The ambulance service saw the record number of daily calls broken three times last week.
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