Over the last few years, emergency services have suffered from a lack of funding.
Even after numerous reports and inquiries, the government has not acted on this issue.
The crisis has now escalted to a point where it is impacting not only the frontline workers, but those who they are tasked to protect.
Produced By: Frank Augello
Featured In Story: Leah Watkins, Industrial Officer Ambulance Employees Association, and Lynsey Irwin, Paramedic
First aired on The Wire, Thursday 1 April 2021