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  "id": 6716262,
  "title": "Concern over state ambulance shortages and delays",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/concern-over-state-ambulance-shortages-and-delays",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T05:00:00.000Z",
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    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capetimes/news/2026-09-11-concern-over-state-ambulance-shortages-and-delays/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Follow-up inspections at four Ugu EMS bases found modest facility improvements, but ambulance shortages, staff constraints and response-time problems remain unresolved.",
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        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Cloned - Concern over state ambulance shortages and delays",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/cloned-concern-over-state-ambulance-shortages-and-delays",
        "published": "2026-09-11T04:21:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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