Paramedics stopped from assisting at Creeslough due to visa issues
Some ambulance workers from Northern Ireland could not assist in an explosion just across the border in Donegal because of visa issues. Ten people died in an explosion at a petrol station in Creeslough on the 7th of October last year. It was revealed at the The British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly…
Leitrim Councillor says lives are being put at risk by ‘failing ambulance service’
A Leitrim councillor has called for ambulances based in Manorhamilton and Carrick-on-Shannon to be exclusively tasked with transporting patients from Leitrim to hospitals such as Sligo University Hospital. Fianna Fáil Councillor Paddy Farrell says there have been reports of some stoke victims in Leitrim having to wait for ambulances…
Under resourcing of ambulance service needs to be addressed
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says a patient that had to be treated on the floor of an ambulance recently highlights the understaffing and under resourcing of the ambulance service. Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry is to raise the issue with Minister of Health, Stephen Donnelly in the Dail. He says the…
Woman taken to Hospital following Slieve League rescue
Gardai attached to the Donegal Town Roads Policing Unit and from Killybegs Garda Station assisted in a rescue operation yesterday at Slieve League. The operation also involved the ambulance service and Killybegs Coast Guard. A woman in need of emergency medical attention was taken to Sligo University Hospital…
Ambulance service ‘in crisis’ in Donegal
A Donegal TD says that the ambulance service in the county is in crisis. Independent TD Thomas Pringle says there are just two ambulances serving the south of the county. However, he says these are often caught up for hours if they bring a patient to the hospital in Letterkenny.…
Industrial action could hit Ambulance services on Monday
There are fears that ambulance services in the North West could be hit by an industrial dispute next Monday. It’s as a result of a row between SIPTU members in the ambulance sector and the National Ambulance Service over implementation of a number of measures, including rostering. A work stoppage…
More ambulances needed to fix service
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says more ambulances on the road is the only way to fix problems with the service. Sinn Fein deputy Martin Kenny says there is a crisis across rural Ireland because a management process put in place means ambulances are travelling the country rather than being stationed in…