A `crisis' weekend for crews.Byline: EXCLUSIVE Nick Sharpe AMBULANCE crews in South Wales were stretched to breaking point over the weekend. Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan were covered by four emergency ambulances instead of the usual eight, for five hours on Saturday night. A confidential memo leaked to the Echo revealed that St John Ambulance volunteers were called on to boost cove r. A spokeswoman for the Welsh Ambulance Service The Welsh Ambulance Service (also called the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust or Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru) was established on April 1, 1998 and has 2,500 staff providing ambulance and related services to the 2.9 million residents of Wales. said they were ``extremely busy'' on Saturday, and a paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic who contacted the Echo said the crews who worked were left unable to cope. In Cogan on Friday, 103yearold Maria Eley waited 50 minutes for paramedics while lying in the street injured. |
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