Grieving Woman's Email Mix-up, Hospital Criticism

0:00In Sydney, it's March 7, and here's what is going on. A grieving woman in South Australia, named Bronwyn Patterson, is reeling after the government shared an email, it said, praised hospital care from her late partner, Stephen James King, who died from terminal cancer one year ago. It turned out the message was from another man with the same name. On the anniversary of his death, Miss Patterson described how her partner waited almost two hours for an ambulance before being ramped outside the royal. She delayed hospital for more than one hour during his final days. She felt he was denied basic dignity in palliative care. Miss Patterson called the mixup insulting, and said it left her feeling sick, especially on such a painful day. Opposition leaders from the SA Liberal Party slammed the government for putting politics over compassion toward a morning family. The health minister's office quickly admitted the error and apologized. Minister Chris picked in personally called Miss Patterson, and set up a meeting with her and senior hospital clinicians to discuss her concerns about end of life services.

1:02Meanwhile, ambulance ramping has gotten worse since labor to power in 2022, jumping from 2,700 11 hours in. March that year to 3,616 hours last month, as voters head to the polls in two weeks. The Daily News Now is presented by our sponsor. A pillow that plays your sound quietly, comfortably, effortlessly. Support for nighttime listening, S-O-L-L-I, solelypillow.com