But such things as Non-Emergency Ambulances exist, not sure how it works in WA but here in Vic there are a few different providers who provide the service the main one being run by StJohns Victorian arm. StJohns WA would likely have their own Non-Emergency Ambulances for transfers.
Ultimately though it is only an optics issue for the AFL as if it were an emergency he’d have gone in an ambulance or if there was any genuine concern he’d have gone with one of our medical staff and not the welfare officer.
The ambulance ‘service’ in WA is not like that in Victoria. Or Queensland, I seem to remember. St John’s has the contract for a lot of the services. It saves the WA government money (and provides lesser service to non-metropolitan areas). It is, no doubt, a way for the State government to save money.
I think a lot of it goes to Gina Rhinehart and Andrew Forrest. (At least Forrest spends some of it on worthwhile causes. Gina just spends it on herself - she wouldn’t even share it with her own children!)
You have one ambulance at the venue. In the real world, patients having a heart attack often have to wait 20 minutes for an ambulance to arrive due to lack of availability. Guelfi takes the venue ambulance to hospital for the simple reason of “it’s a good look”. Another ambulance has to be pulled off the streets and is no longer available for real emergencies such as a patient in cardiac arrest. Or another player goes down with a serious injury minutes after Guelfi drives off with sore ribs, cannot be transported immediately due to lack of the ambulance you had just one minute ago…
But apparently afl commentary experience makes one an expert on the best deployment of valuable and sparse emergency resources.
And langford brought what exactly? a few rounds of underwhelming followed up with 3 quarters of ■■■■ and a decent 4th quarter is enough to warrant retaining a spot?
