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One-third of ambulance delays lasting more than one hour experienced in Wexford, Cork and Kerry

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In two instances in the first half of this year, there was a more than two-hour delay in paramedics arriving after being called.

File image of ambulances in Ireland. Image: Sam Boal File image of ambulances in Ireland. Image: Sam Boal AN AMBULANCE TURNED up to a life-threatening event more than an hour after being called on more than 300 occasions over the first six months of this year.

There were also 34 cases where the ambulance got stood down because an even more pressing emergency had occurred. The figures, which cover the first six months of the year, detail two incidents where a delay of over 130 minutes was reported. A target response time of 19 minutes is set for callouts considered life-threatening, including highest priority Echo calls, and second highest priority Delta calls.

These both took place back in January with one critical emergency call in Waterford taking an ambulance one hour and 44 minutes to arrive.

 

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