Toddler death: Inquiry into 999 call

The audio recording of a frantic 999 call will play a key role in establishing why an available ambulance was not sent to help a critically injured toddler who had fallen from an upstairs window.

As the devastated parents of Vakaris Martinaitis prepare for his funeral in Cork today, it has emerged that two private ambulances were in Cork at the time of the accident last Monday and could have been on the scene — a Midleton housing estate — within 20 minutes.

A HSE-commissioned formal inquiry in to how the emergency call was managed is now under way.