NI stabbing raises ambulance cover questions

Health chiefs in Derry were today facing embarrassing questions as to why no ambulance was available to take a dying man to hospital at the weekend.

Health chiefs in Derry were today facing embarrassing questions as to why no ambulance was available to take a dying man to hospital at the weekend.

Northern Ireland Health Minister Angela Smith has ordered an investigation into why there were only two ambulances on duty when 23-year-old James McGinley was stabbed in the city centre early on Saturday.

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