Appeal for non-emergency requests to be prosecuted as emerges ambulance called for broken finger nail

People who call for an ambulance for non-life-threatening incidents, such as getting scratched or cutting themselves shaving, should be prosecuted.

That is the view of Siptu’s health organiser, Paul Bell, after paramedics revealed some of the non-emergency calls to which they have responded.

One woman reported that she could not stop bleeding. When the ambulance crew arrived, they discovered “she was scratched, after her cat and dog were fighting and she broke it up”.