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Agency:
Southern Tasmanian Ambulance Transport Service Board
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1932
End Date:
31 Dec 1961
Description:
The provision of ambulance services in Southern Tasmania.;;;;A public meeting in Hobart asked that the government run an ambulance service, and as a consequence the Southern Ambulance Board was set up with municipal councils paying subsidies. However, the councils often considered they were paying too much. In the 1950s Glenorchy and the Royal Hobart Hospital set up their own ambulence systems and in 1959 St Johns Ambulance took over services in major towns.
Legislation Administered:
Southern Tasmanian Ambulance Transport Service Act 1932
Legislation Creating:
Southern Tasmanian Ambulance Transport Service Act 1932
Functions Performed:
Health care
Subsequent Agencies:
Ambulance Board of Southern Tasmania (TA382)01 Jan 196031 Dec 1983