Ambulance service confirms 'eating too much kebab' is not a valid reason to call | F93540F | 2024-01-30 11:08:01
The Welsh Ambulance Service has warned towards calling for inappropriate reasons after receiving 68,416 non life-or-death emergency calls final yr.
In a single call, an individual stated that they had had 'too much kebab' and referred to as over a 'very painful stomach'.
One other caller stated that they had lost the underside a part of their denture and have been nervous they 'might have swallowed their tooth'.
Andy Swinburn, government director of paramedicine, informed Sky: 'Our plea to the general public is to use your widespread sense – most people know the difference between a real emergency and something that's uncomfortable, painful or irritating but not life-threatening.'
In one transcript of a name made to the ambulance service, a person reported his hand was stuck in a letterbox.
Operator: 'Is the affected person awake?'
Caller: 'Yeah, it's me, my hand's caught within the door.'
Operator: 'Is the door locked in the mean time?'
Caller: 'Yeah, it's locked. Mam! No, my hand's caught within the f*****g letterbox.'
Operator: 'How previous are you?'
Caller: 'Open the door, my hand's caught!'
Knowledge collected from Freedom of Info requests paints a dire image of the pressures on the NHS.
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Ambulance providers across the UK have been overwhelmed in recent times – in April final yr, it was revealed one patient waited 65 hours for an ambulance.
Meanwhile, some sufferers within the West Midlands and Yorkshire waited more than 21 hours after category 2 calls.
These calls, for which the target is 18 minutes, can embrace stories of coronary heart attacks and strokes.
The longest await such a name in the East Midlands was more than 26 hours.
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