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Click on the link below to hear NASRA Chairman on Ocean FM on the call on the HSA to investigate the condition of the national ambulance fleet.
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The National Ambulance Representative Association (NASRA) has today (Tuesday 29th Sept. ) called on the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) to carry out a full investigation into the safety and road worthiness of the national ambulance fleet.
The call comes following a number of incidents involving mechanical failure of ambulances which put the safety of both crews and patients in danger. In the most recent incident on 28th August an ambulance travelling from Donegal to Galway with two crew, medical team and a patient lost its wheels due to mechanical and/or structural failure. A similar incident happened in March 2014 in Drogheda when an ambulance manned by two crew lost one of its wheels.
Last week the Sinn Fein Leader, Deputy Gerry Adams T.D. raised the incidents in the Dail and revealed that he was in possession of an Independent Assessor Report regarding these vehicles which suggests that they have a design flaw.
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Click on the link below to liisten to NASRA National Chairman, Michael Dixon on Highland Radio where he discusses NASRA's concerns on the condition of the National Ambulance fleet following a recnet incident involving an ambulance in Donegal where it was reported the back wheels fell off as it responded to an emergency call out.
