A man who suffered a heart attack has reportedly died while waiting for an ambulance while residents in Daylesford were unable to call for police after Telstra suffered a national outage overnight.

Secretary of the Victorian Ambulance Union, Danny Hill says he finds the news is concerning.

“When there is a delay, you’re really robbing them of the chance to survive a cardiac arrest … seconds and minutes are everything and a delay like a glitch as described can be the difference between life and death,” he told Jacqui Felgate.

Press PLAY to hear his take on the back up system and how the triple 0 system works

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