NSW woman waits 90 minutes for ambulance THE NSW opposition wants the state's health minister to explain why an elderly woman was left waiting 90 minutes for an ambulance after she fractured her hip. Marjorie Shaw, 92, fell in the backyard of her Jannali home on March 5. Her nephew called emergency services at 9.55am but it took 90 minutes for an ambulance to arrive at the home, NSW opposition health spokesman, Andrew McDonald said on Thursday. "The Health Minister needs to apologise and explain how Marjorie, a 92-year-old woman with a fractured hip, could be left waiting so long for an ambulance in suburban Sydney," he said. Dr McDonald said the incident comes at the same time as NSW Ambulance Service documents confirm the paramedic staffing budget has been slashed by $4.04 million this year. "With the O'Farrell government's $3 billion funding cut to our health system, it is inevitable we are going to see more cases of patient care being compromised like this," he said.