Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

A few weeks ago, I raised the matter of the promised health reform Bill which is to put in place new structures for the health service. We have a serious crisis in regard to the ambulance service in Wexford. Two weeks ago, a 50 year old man died of a heart attack. The ambulance that came to the scene had no defibrillator and no cardiac tablets and the back-up ambulance did not arrive. The man died but he possibly would have survived if the situation were different. While we are waiting for the new Bill, can we do something to alleviate the problem in regard to the ambulance service in Wexford. Last Sunday, an ambulance took three hours to off-load its patient.

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