Ms Cay told the paramedic on the phone, Jarrod Freckleton: 'I can hardly breathe, please hurry.' Ms Cay said she couldn't get herself to the hospital and he offered to call her a taxi, which Ms Cay said she couldn't afford. Ambulance Victoria cancelled the dispatch and instead assigned Mr Freckleton to check on Ms Cay, news.com.au reported. The inquest, which will call on 12 witnesses, will investigate why Ambulance Victoria downgraded the call and cancelled the ambulance that was sent to her house. He said Ambulance Victoria had since changed some protocols to pay for a taxi to hospital if a patient could not afford it and didn't need an ambulance.

Source: Daily Mail November 16, 2020 02:08 UTC