Incidents lead to changes in 999 services

CHANGES in the way the ambulance service deals with emergency situations in Kerry should ensure that two serious incidents that occurred in the county recently will not be repeated.

This was stated, yesterday, by the Health Service Executive (HSE) Southern Area, which said operating procedures for the ambulance control centre had been reviewed following internal investigations by the chief ambulance officer and senior HSE management.

The first probe arose from an incident following an emergency call for an ambulance on October 6 last, from a 48-year-old man who later died at his home in Killarney.