HSE under fire for proposing ambulance cover cuts

THE HSE has been accused of “playing Russian Roulette with people’s lives” after proposing to cut night cover at almost half of its 15 ambulance bases in Cork and Kerry.

Under the proposals, only two of the three ambulance stations serving Youghal, Midleton and Fermoy would remain open any weekday night. Each one would close on a rotating basis.

Similar rotating closures would apply in West Cork, with only two of the four stations at Clonakilty, Skibbereen, Bantry and Castletownbere operating at night.