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DEC 15 2022
A taste of Christmas
FLOORED FOR EIGHT HOURS... Elderly woman lay on floor as she waited in Kilrush for ambulance by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
l Sarah O’Sullivan, SOS Cookies and Caroline Naughton, Sixmilebridge and Erica Minogue, Newmarket-on-Fergus enjoying the Westpark Christmas Market, Shannon
Photo by Eamon Ward
AN EIGHT hour wait for an ambulance was endured by a Kilrush woman. While lying on the floor in her West Clare home, the woman was left waiting for eight hours to be transported to hospital.
During the inordinate amount of time, she was tended to by a member of the fire brigade and offduty medical staff in the vicinity. This incident occurred in recent weeks and was highlighted by Kilkee based Cllr Cillian Murphy (FF) at a meeting of the Regional
Health Forum West. “Eight hours is not good enough for someone who needs to get into the hospital,” he told health officials. Chief Ambulance Officer, JJ McGowan acknowledged that the response time “falls short of our standards”. FULL STORY pg 5