Medical Healthcare comparison | India vs developed countries

kiku007 · 22nd November 2023, 02:17

The sort of thing that shouldn't have happened in a developed country.

The Queensland Ambulance Service Commissioner has taken responsibility for the death of a Brisbane mother, who died after waiting more than 1.5 hours for an ambulance that never arrived.

Single mum Cath Groom, 51, called triple zero with chest pains at 10.26pm on Friday from her home in Forest Lake.

Her case was designated as an urgent "code one", meaning an ambulance should have arrived in 15 minutes.

However, over 90 minutes later and despite multiple calls to the emergency hotline, no ambulance had arrived.
Groom cancelled the ambulance call at about midnight and went to bed feeling exhausted, her family said, with the aim of going into the hospital the next day.

She was killed by a heart attack overnight.

Today, Commissioner Craig Emery said Queensland Ambulance had launched a review into the matter.

"We obviously should have done better in this set of circumstances, we have started a comprehensive review," he said.

"We should be able to respond to somebody in that set of circumstances in a much more timely manner."

Emery said half of the available ambulances were stuck on hospital ramps, waiting to unload patients at the time.

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/national/ca...6-e3612fe06343

Imran.Syed · 11th December 2023, 20:23

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/12/...urgery-report/

Approx 17000 people died waiting for Medical Imaging and/or Emergency care in Canada in 2022-23.
Personal anecdote: The wait times of people who did not pass away, is a mixed bag here but almost always you will likely have to wait an excrutiatingly and unacceptably long time to receive any kind of health care.

22nd November 2023, 02:17	#121
kiku007 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: AU Posts: 2,323 Thanked: 7,203 Times	Woman dies after waiting for ambulance The sort of thing that shouldn't have happened in a developed country. The Queensland Ambulance Service Commissioner has taken responsibility for the death of a Brisbane mother, who died after waiting more than 1.5 hours for an ambulance that never arrived. Single mum Cath Groom, 51, called triple zero with chest pains at 10.26pm on Friday from her home in Forest Lake. Her case was designated as an urgent "code one", meaning an ambulance should have arrived in 15 minutes. However, over 90 minutes later and despite multiple calls to the emergency hotline, no ambulance had arrived. Groom cancelled the ambulance call at about midnight and went to bed feeling exhausted, her family said, with the aim of going into the hospital the next day. She was killed by a heart attack overnight. Today, Commissioner Craig Emery said Queensland Ambulance had launched a review into the matter. "We obviously should have done better in this set of circumstances, we have started a comprehensive review," he said. "We should be able to respond to somebody in that set of circumstances in a much more timely manner." Emery said half of the available ambulances were stuck on hospital ramps, waiting to unload patients at the time. Source: https://www.9news.com.au/national/ca...6-e3612fe06343
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11th December 2023, 20:23	#122
Imran.Syed BHPian Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: YYZ Posts: 55 Thanked: 445 Times	Re: Medical Healthcare comparison \| India vs developed countries https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/12/...urgery-report/ Approx 17000 people died waiting for Medical Imaging and/or Emergency care in Canada in 2022-23. Personal anecdote: The wait times of people who did not pass away, is a mixed bag here but almost always you will likely have to wait an excrutiatingly and unacceptably long time to receive any kind of health care.
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