Organisation: Eastern Regional Ambulance Service

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Emergency helicopter for babies won’t be 24-hour service

PLANNED expansion of an emergency helicopter service to transport seriously-ill babies will not provide 24-hour cover, despite calls from doctors to do so.

Thu, 22 Jul, 2004

Ambulance drivers warn lives are at risk without funding

THOUSANDS of lives will be put at risk unless there is a €35 million investment in the ambulance service, worried drivers revealed yesterday.

Fri, 04 Apr, 2003

2,500 patients ‘at risk’ every year over shortage of ambulances

THE lives of up to 2,500 emergency patients are put at risk every year in Dublin because an overstretched service has no ambulances available.

Tue, 28 Jan, 2003

A&E crisis is putting lives at risk, say ambulance drivers

DELAYS and extra pressure created by the A&E crisis are putting lives at risk ambulance drivers have warned.

Thu, 16 Jan, 2003