Wednesday, 14 August 2024


Constituency questions

Ovens Valley electorate


Ovens Valley electorate

Tim McCURDY (Ovens Valley) (14:46): (752) My question is to the Minister for Ambulance Services, and I am seeking information on the MICA paramedic shortage in the Ovens Valley electorate. We know and appreciate the life-saving work that our MICA paramedics can do, but single-person MICA responders, work overload and burnout are turning this major concern into a crisis. I know patients would have died if not for calling MICA paramedics on their private phones when they were not even on duty. I seek this urgent information as to when the Ovens Valley will get a full complement of MICA paramedics on a 24-hour shift.