Over 1,000 Life-Threatening Ambulance Calls Not Responded To Within An Hour

An incident in Laois was among the longest.

A near three hour ambulance response time to a life threatening incident in Laois was among the longest seen by patients this year.

Over 1,000 life-threatening calls weren't responded to within an hour, according to new figures.

A response time of 2 hours and 47 minutes in Laois was the the 10th longest in the country, and the longest in the midlands.

That's followed by 2 hours and 18 minutes in Offaly, and 1 hour and 58 minutes in Westmeath.

The HSE has outlined a target of a 19 minute ambulance response time to a life-threatening heart or respiratory arrest in 75% of cases.

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