Another Code Red for Melbourne ambulances

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A ambulance parked at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne Source: AAP / DIEGO FEDELE/AAPIMAGE

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Melbourne’s health care system is again at crisis point, with Ambulance Victoria forced to call a code red, temporarily unable to meet demand.

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