{"id":11654,"date":"2021-06-05T21:24:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T21:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=11654"},"modified":"2021-06-05T21:24:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T21:24:15","slug":"ambulance-superstation-opens-in-the-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/06\/05\/ambulance-superstation-opens-in-the-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambulance Superstation Opens in the East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first NSW Ambulance Superstation in Sydney\u2019s Eastern Suburbs has been officially opened at Randwick as part of a $184 million ambulance infrastructure boost.<br \/>\nHealth Minister Brad Hazzard and Local Member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton toured the new facility today, located at the corner of Darley Road and King Street, Randwick.<br \/>\n\u201cThe NSW Government has invested heavily in these state-of-the-art facilities which are designed to help our paramedics get out on the road faster,\u201d Mr Hazzard said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe facility will have a make ready logistics team on hand to ensure paramedics aren\u2019t tied up cleaning and re-stocking vehicles, freeing them up to be on the road saving lives.<br \/>\n\u201cVehicles are ready for paramedics as they start their shift which helps our hardworking ambos to do what they do best \u2013 provide expert care to patients in need.\u201d<br \/>\nThe new Randwick Superstation includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rapid roller door, which allows for faster response times (Randwick is the first ambulance station to have one)<\/li>\n<li>parking bays for up to 20 ambulance vehicles \u2013 doubling previous capacity<\/li>\n<li>on site staff parking<\/li>\n<li>an internal wash bay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The NSW Government has now completed 10 NSW Ambulance Superstations, including the new station at Randwick.\u00a0 Superstations are operational at Artarmon, Caringbah, Haberfield, Northmead, Bankstown, Blacktown, Kogarah, Liverpool and Penrith. Planning is underway for a new Central Sydney Ambulance Superstation.<br \/>\nMs Upton said\u00a0the new Superstation replaces the old Barker Street Randwick station which had been operational since the 1960s and was no longer fit-for-purpose.<br \/>\n\u201cThis wonderful facility will significantly enhance out-of-hospital care for local communities and we wish the Randwick paramedic team all the very best in their new base,\u201d Ms Upton said.<br \/>\nThe NSW Government\u2019s Sydney Ambulance Metropolitan Infrastructure Strategy (SAMIS) is the single biggest investment in Sydney\u2019s ambulance infrastructure in the organisation\u2019s 126-year history.<br \/>\nIn addition to this, the State Government has invested $232 million to deliver the Rural Ambulance Infrastructure Reconfiguration (RAIR) Stages 1 and 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first NSW Ambulance Superstation in Sydney\u2019s Eastern Suburbs has been officially opened at Randwick as part of a $184 million ambulance infrastructure boost. Health Minister Brad Hazzard and Local Member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton toured the new facility today, located at the corner of Darley Road and King Street, Randwick. \u201cThe NSW Government has &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/06\/05\/ambulance-superstation-opens-in-the-east\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ambulance Superstation Opens in the East&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}