HSE reviews oxygen system after ambulance fire in Naas

The HSE has launched an urgent review of oxygen systems throughout the ambulance service following yesterday’s fire which killed a patient and injured two paramedics, one severely.

HSE director general Tony O’Brien confirmed that the blaze outside the emergency department of Naas General Hospital occurred to the rear of the ambulance.

Despite the attempts of the two paramedics and hospital staff, the patient, believed to be aged 78, was pronounced dead at the scene.