Ambulance Service NI apologises as people endure long waits for paramedics

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Thursday, 28 December 2017 08:40

By Simon Hunter

Q Radio News

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service has said sorry to patients forced to wait a long time for paramedics because of a huge increase in demand.

Yesterday - calls across the province were up 20% on the same day in 2016... in Belfast alone that figure was 50%.

Medical Director, Nigel Ruddle has told Q Radio the number of incidents has been unprecedented.

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