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      <name>Ambulance Ramping</name>
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        <heading>Ambulance Ramping</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>Ambulance Ramping</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:27):</by>  Supplementary arising from the answer where the minister claimed the sixfold increase was because of COVID: minister, how many specific cases of ambulance journeys in the last six months have been a direct result of a case of COVID?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
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          <question date="2021-11-17">
            <name>Ambulance Ramping</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:27):</by>  If the honourable member is ignorant of the fact that this state has been one of the most successful states in dealing with the pandemic—of course, there would have been transfers of COVID-positive patients in relation to international travellers, but this state has been extremely well served by the health system, including the Ambulance Service, and as you know has had very few cases.</text>
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