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Woman’s 3-Hour West Clare Roadside Ambulance Wait Branded Outrageous By Govt TD

A woman’s three-hour roadside wait for an ambulance following a road traffic collision in West Clare has been slammed as outrageous by a government TD.

The National Ambulance Service was alerted to a single vehicle incident in Doonbeg at roughly half 11 yesterday morning, but had no resource available to respond to the scene.

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The Cork based air ambulance was eventually dispatched, and then stood down when a road ambulance became available – by the time the woman reached hospital, it was an almost four-hour ordeal.

Clare Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe insists he’ll be raising the incident with the Health Minister.

Listen to the full interview here

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