Firm offers free training in emergency medicine

A Cork-based health and safety company is offering 100 people free training courses in the administration of emergency medicines in an attempt to save lives.

Newmarket-based Health & Safety Services (HSS) said the course will be open to representatives of companies, schools, sporting organisations, community groups and others on a first come first served basis.

It follows the decision by Minister for Health Leo Varadkar to introduce new laws to allow organisations to hold emergency stocks of so-called “rescue medicines”.