HSE launches probe over delay in ambulance response to call

A PROBE was launched yesterday into why there was an almost 20-minute delay in an ambulance responding to a 999 emergency call in Kerry at the weekend.

It is the second investigation launched by the Health Service Executive (HSE) Southern Area into the ambulance service in Kerry in just over a month.

The latest probe, being led by the chief ambulance officer and senior HSE management, will focus on an incident that occurred in Tralee on Sunday.