Ambulance may have passed car rushing dying toddler to hospital

A HSE ambulance may have passed the seriously injured toddler, Vakaris Martinaitis, as he was being rushed to hospital in a neighbour’s car under Garda escort.

Ambulance may have passed car rushing dying toddler to hospital

The situation was revealed by Ireland’s most senior national ambulance service official during a lengthy discussion on the death of the little boy just days before his second birthday.

Robert Morton, speaking after he met with local politicians to allay fears over service standards in the wake of the little boy’s death, insisted an ambulance was always available to treat the child.

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