Ambulance Response Times In The Spotlight
It has taken an ambulance over an hour to arrive at a life threatening emergency 20 times in Cork so far this year
It has taken an ambulance at least an hour to arrive at a life-threatening emergency 123 times this year.
According to details released under the Freedom of Information Act, 20 of the cases were in Cork
It took nearly four hours for an ambulance to attend to an urgent call in Mayo.
Health guidelines say an ambulance should arrive at life-threatening emergencies in less than 19 minutes in 80 percent of cases.
Stephen McMahon from the Irish Patients Association says the new stats are a big worry:
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