St John Ambulance NT contributed to the deaths of two elderly Darwin residents due to massive delays in ambulance services arriving when they fell in separate incidents, with both waiting on the floor for more than five hours for medical assistance despite being prioritised, the Coroner has found.

The findings follow the ambulance service provider admitting in April that it had suffered a “critical system failure” and has on occasion “abandoned” emergency calls.

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