Flu season sees record calls to Queensland emergency services

By Toby Crockford
Updated June 28 2018 - 1:25pm, first published August 21 2017 - 12:00am
It costs the Queensland Ambulance Service $1351 to send paramedics to an emergency call, but it only costs $128 for a doctor to make a house call. Photo: Supplied
It costs the Queensland Ambulance Service $1351 to send paramedics to an emergency call, but it only costs $128 for a doctor to make a house call. Photo: Supplied

AN unprecedented flu season has seen the Queensland Ambulance Service receive record numbers of emergency calls during the last two months.

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