WA is in the middle of an ambulance crisis. The state was shocked this week to learn a Perth grandmother had died after being forced to wait 2 and a half hours for a paramedic. Well just Hours after Georgina Wild died alone on her couch, an elderly man in Bellevue also passed away from a suspected heart attack after waiting two hours for an ambulance. That’s the fifth death in the space of a few weeks. We hear from Shadow Health spokesperson Libby Mettam. 

<p>WA is in the middle of an ambulance crisis. The state was shocked this week to learn a Perth grandmother had died after being forced to wait 2 and a half hours for a paramedic. Well just Hours after Georgina Wild died alone on her couch, an elderly man in Bellevue also passed away from a suspected heart attack after waiting two hours for an ambulance. That&rsquo;s the fifth death in the space of a few weeks. We hear from Shadow Health spokesperson Libby Mettam.&nbsp;</p>

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