Coroner urges NZ's ambulance service to lobby for more funding and review emergency call-handling processes after woman dies before help arrives.
New Zealand's ambulance service is urged to lobby for more funding by a coroner after a woman died before help arrived despite her husband calling for an ambulance six times. Coroner Janet Anderson advises St John Ambulance Service to review its emergency call-handling processes, particularly for callers who do not speak English as their first language. The tragic case of Solofua Sharon Tapuvae's death in July 2021 highlighted insufficient ambulance resources in New Zealand communities.
May 26, 2024
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