Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. 8th March, 2016. GV showing the Hampshire Fire Engine that took firefighters from Southsea were forced to take a person to hospital last night – because there weren’t enough ambulances to cover the city. The incident came after a man needed oxygen therapy when a fire erupted in the kitchen of his 15th floor flat, in Edgbaston House, in Sedgley Close, Somers Town at Crews called for an ambulance to take the man to Queen Alexandra Hospital for a precautionary check-up. Credit: uknip/Alamy Live News
Portsmouth,Hampshire Tuesday 8th March 2016 GV showing the Hampshire Fire Engine that took firefighters from Southsea were forced to take a person to hospital last night – because there weren’t enough ambulances to cover the city. The incident came after a man needed oxygen therapy when a fire erupted in the kitchen of his 15th floor flat, in Edgbaston House, in Sedgley Close, Somers Town at Crews called for an ambulance to take the man to Queen Alexandra Hospital for a precautionary check-up. However, after waiting more than an hour for paramedics, the firefighters were told no ambulance would be sent and that they would have to transport the 45-year-old to hospital themselves. The move has this morning been condemned by the Hampshire Fire Brigade Union. In a statement criticising the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) a union spokesman said: ‘Given the delays currently to ambulances at QA, this is another sign that not only is your NHS failing, your ambulance service is failing and if this continues, how long before a fire appliance is tied up attending medical emergencies and unable to attend “fire and rescue” incidents? This is another sign that not only is your NHS failing, your ambulance service is failing Hampshire Fire Brigade Union spokesman ‘Just what does the Hampshire Fire and Rescue precept in your council tax go towards? ‘The people of Hampshire you need to be aware that this is the real cost of austerity cuts!’ ©UKNIP
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