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Health Minister Orders Ambulance Response Review After Deaths
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Story summary
- Health Minister Tim Nicholls ordered a review after a 53-year-old Brisbane man died waiting hours for an ambulance.
- Operators told him to drive to the hospital after he called Triple Zero chest pains.
- Paramedics arrived two hours later and found the man dead at home.
- Nicholls apologized and set a Friday meeting with family and ambulance officials.
- An 80-year-old also died waiting for a Mater Hospital bed, prompting another review.
