Simone tried to dial triple zero six times after her husband collapsed

A South Australian female said she tried to desperately telephone triple zero six times aft her hubby collapsed abruptly during nan Optus outage.

Optus customer Simone Porcaro's hubby Dave slipped into unconsciousness aft suffering a cellulitis infection.

The father-of-two could person gone into septic daze if it wasn't for their young daughter's speedy thinking.

Simone is simply a Optus customer – but Dave is not.

"I conscionable kept trying to dial, conscionable freaking out, what were we going to do?" Simone told 9News.

"It was my seven-year-old girl that had really suggested utilizing dad's phone, truthful we recovered it underneath him because he was collapsed."

Simone and her family are conscionable immoderate of nan galore Australians who were impacted by nan Optus outage connected Thursday.

A 68-year-old Adelaide female died from a aesculapian section erstwhile she was incapable to get done to triple zero.

"She was nan astir altruistic and caring personification I've ever known," her hubby told 9News.

Optus main executive Stephen Rue coming confirmed nan telco had recovered a further 3 cases, further to nan 2 announced yesterday, wherever customers had complained that they could not call triple zero.

Rue said nan calls were not adequately escalated wrong Optus' system, meaning nan telco was unaware of a awesome systemic nonaccomplishment until aft 13 hours.

The inability to telephone triple zero affected South Australia, Western Australia and nan Northern Territory betwixt 12.30am and 1.30pm connected Thursday.

A full of 3 deaths person have truthful acold linked to nan outage.

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