Galway Bay FM
20 April 2021
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – A comprehensive report on the potential for the creation of an ambulance base at Maam Cross is to be sought by the National Ambulance Service.
It follows a meeting held between the Connemara Ambulance Crisis Group, the National Ambulance Service, and local politicians.
Campaigners have long argued that ambulance response times in the region are unacceptable – often taking up to an hour after a call is placed.
The latest high profile case involved a woman who gave birth in her car in Letterfrack, after being told an ambulance would take an hour to reach her.