Bodycams for ambulance staff after rise in attacks
Paramedic Gary Watson was assaulted by a drunk patient and received serious injuries to his face. Source link
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Covid-19: Brothers send letters to 999 ambulance stations
Tommy, five, and Toby, three, are now sending letters to other key workers such as NHS staff. Source link
Ambulance delays led to ‘secondary Covid victims’
Waiting times outside some hospitals increased over Christmas, with a knock-on effect for 999 call-outs Source link
London Ambulance Service: ‘We take thousands of calls every day – it’s tough’
Last week London exceeded the grim milestone of 10,000 deaths linked to Covid-19. Thousands of people are critically ill in hospital, and as many as 5% of Londoners are thought to have the virus in some parts of the city. As coronavirus continues to circulate silently around the capital, staff at the London Ambulance Service … Read more
Ambulance waiting times in parts of England ‘off the scale’
Data leaked to BBC News shows a rise in the number of hours before patients are offloaded. Source link
Covid-19: West Midlands Ambulance Service records busiest day
One hospital boss said a two-week “lag” meant things could get worse before they get better. Source link
Covid-19: London Ambulance Service receives as many 999 calls as first wave
Patient demand is equal “and now arguably greater” than at the first wave’s peak, the service says. Source link
‘Horrendous’ ambulance delays at West Midlands hospitals
Delays in hospitals taking over care of patients is considered “risky”, NHS England said, because it not only delayed patients receiving specialist assessment and treatment, but also reduced the number of ambulances available to respond to emergencies. Source link
Delhi NGO gives dignity to 100s of Covid dead, loses ambulance driver to virus
Aarif Khan, an ambulance driver who has ferried over 200 bodies of Covid-19 patients, succumbed to the virus on Saturday morning at the Hindu Rao Hospital in Delhi. An ambulance parking lot 28 km from his house in northeast Delhi’s Seelampur had been Aarif Khan’s home for the last six months during which he worked … Read more