Brisbane man learns brother waited almost two hours for ambulance
A Brisbane man says he believed an ambulance reached his dying brother within minutes, only to learn the wait was almost two hours.
A Brisbane man has learned that his dying brother waited almost two hours for help, after believing for nearly a week that an ambulance had reached him within minutes.
According to 9News Brisbane's Friday 16 October bulletin, the man found out the true length of the wait only when he watched the news the previous night. Until then, he had understood the ambulance response to be quick.
The bulletin's summary does not say when or where the brother died, what his condition was, or how the discrepancy in the response time arose. It also does not include any response from Queensland Ambulance Service. Those details were not available in the material used for this report.
The same bulletin also featured video of a high-speed crash at Aspley, in Brisbane's north. The footage shows a driver losing control and flipping upside down. No details were provided about the vehicle, the driver's condition or any injuries.
This report will be updated if further information about either story becomes available.
Video: 9 News Australia.
Key questions
- What did the Brisbane man find out about his brother's ambulance wait?
- He had believed for almost a week that an ambulance reached his dying brother within minutes. He then learned from a news report that the brother had waited almost two hours for help.
- Where did the high-speed crash happen?
- The crash was at Aspley, in Brisbane's north. Video shows the driver losing control and flipping upside down.
- Are there details on injuries or the ambulance service's response?
- No. The bulletin summary gave no information about injuries from the Aspley crash or any response from the ambulance service on the delayed call.