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Nearly 150 new trainee paramedics and emergency call takers are to join the state’s ambulance service today.

Minister for Health Ryan Park has congratulated 133 graduate paramedics and sixteen trainee emergency medical call takers at a NSW Ambulance ceremony at Sydney’s Olympic Park on Sunday.

NSW Ambulance Chief Executive Dr Dominic Morgan said the new recruits would provide welcome reinforcements during a busy time for emergency health care.

The graduate paramedics are to be posted across the state as they complete ‘on-road’ parts of twelve-month internships before filling permanent positions in metropolitan and regional areas.

Emergency medical call takers are to be posted to the Triple Zero (000) control centre in Sydney.

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