Ambulance officers divided over mental health powers

By Peter Jean
Updated April 18 2018 - 11:36pm, first published April 27 2013 - 3:00am

The union representing ambulance officers will meet next week to discuss whether paramedics should be granted the power to apprehend mental health patients and transport them to hospital.

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