88-year-old woman with broken hip and shoulder waited 14 hours for ambulance

It took over four hours for an ambulance to arrive at a life-threatening emergency call 94 times last year. According to Freedom of Information figures, released to Newstalk, 21 of these were over five hours. The HSE aims to respond to life-threatening heart and respiratory calls within 18 minutes and 59 seconds in 80% of cases. Kieran was joined by Eamon in Cork and David Hall, CEO of Lifeline Ambulance Services to discuss…

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17.07 22 Feb 2023

88-year-old woman with broken...

88-year-old woman with broken hip and shoulder waited 14 hours for ambulance

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It took over four hours for an ambulance to arrive at a life-threatening emergency call 94 times last year. According to Freedom of Information figures, released to Newstalk, 21 of these were over five hours.

The HSE aims to respond to life-threatening heart and respiratory calls within 18 minutes and 59 seconds in 80% of cases.

Kieran was joined by Eamon in Cork and David Hall, CEO of Lifeline Ambulance Services to discuss…

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