WA: $35m boost for WA's ambulance fleet

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2004
WA: $35m boost for WA's ambulance fleet

A fleet of 30 new ambulances will roll out on West Australian roads in the coming months.

The state government has announced an extra $34.7 million for emergency response vehicles.

Health Minister JIM McGINTY's announced a renewal of a five-year contract with St John
Ambulance that will put five more 24-hour ambulance crews and 16 extra day crews on Perth's
roads.

There'll be a further 12 officers in the country.

And in the latest of a series of health funding announcements in recent weeks, Mr McGINTY's
made bold commitments for emergency response times, after WA fell well below national
guidelines last year.

He says the 30 new ambulances and 100 new officers mean priority one emergency cases
should be attended within 10 minutes, priority two urgent cases within 15 minutes and
non-urgent cases within 40 minutes.

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KEYWORD: AMBULANCE WA (PERTH)

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