One crew left to cover whole county
AN entire county with a population of
almost 00,000 was left with a single ambulance this week as the other 16 queued up at the local A&E, a senior doctor claims.
Sharing a photo of rows of ambulances outside Gwynedd Hospital in North Wales on Tuesday, paediatric emergency physician Dr Peter Williams said it left ‘only one vehicle’ to cover the county of
Gwynedd as well as neighbouring Anglesey. Coroners have repeatedly warned of the potentially tragic consequences of delays by the Welsh Ambulance Service.
Representatives for Betsi Cadwaladr health board which runs the hospital and for the Welsh Ambulance Service said Tuesday was ‘particularly busy’ and pledged to ‘work closely to find tangible solutions to these long-standing issues’.