Paramedics say St Johns Ambulance service in the NT has reached breaking point as demand for the service reaches record highs.
Last Friday the service reached “critical failure point” in Darwin, with dozens of triple-zero calls abandoned.
Meanwhile on the ground, assaults on paramedics are reaching record-levels and senior staff warn the conditions are increasingly untenable. Joseph Hathaway Wilson has this report for ABC News Northern Territory.
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