Cork council fury over ‘generic response’ from HSE on ambulance removal

County councillors are furious over a run-of-the-mill response from the HSE to the withdrawal of an ambulance service a North Cork area.

The councillors had specifically requested the health authority to explain the decision to remove an ambulance from the Millstreet area. However, the HSE delivered what councillors all agreed was a “generic response”, with no mention of Millstreet.

The ambulance service, in an area over an hour’s drive for Cork University Hospital, has been replaced by an emergency response paramedic whose car cannot convey a patient to a hospital.