Ambulance crews warned after paramedic’s death

AMBULANCE crew members have been banned from using a side door on the emergency vehicles until it can be clarified how a paramedic fell to his death earlier this month.

A leaked memo, seen by the Irish Examiner, has told paramedics and other HSE staff to stop “routinely” using the entrance due to concerns over its safety.

An investigation involving the HSE, Health and Safety Authority (HSA), and the gardaí, is currently examining how paramedic and father-of-six, Simon Sexton, lost his life while working in an ambulance in the north east at the start of June.