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Patients can face two hour wait for ambulance, committee told

Patients can face two hour wait for ambulance, committee told

Update: 2025-10-08
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The HSE's National Ambulance Service has said that failures to meet response targets means that some patients can wait for more than two hours for an emergency service response. Fergal Bowers, Health Correspondent, has been following a briefing for today's Joint Committee on Health.

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