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Old 06-10-2009, 04:15 PM  
GregE
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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear View Post
did anyone even catch this prt

"The couple's eldest son, Mohabbot Asghar, 39, a gas engineer, also from Stockton, was [b]in the ambulance with his father[b].
He said he was not aware of any delay in the ambulance getting to the hospital and insisted the paramedics were trying to save his father the entire journey."

sounds like they just swapped drivers as they drove by the depot. at first it may sound strange/evil/sick but follow this scenario.

The ambulance guy is getting off work and ready to check off for the day , on the way back to the depot he hears a call that is very close to where he is at , so to SAVE time , instead of letting another ambulance get the call he says " i'll grab the guy and swing by the depot to do a driver switch " , this may have actually SAVED time not wasted it.
Interesting.


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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear View Post
Mind you he could have both taken the call AND switched after but there is a procedure to follow for a very good reason. It's a very stressfull job like an airline pilot and they have set amounts of hours you can work so you are not a danger to others.
Thing is, the hospital was so damn close. Common sense says he should have just taken the patient there.


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The flipside might be he took the call went into overtime delivering him , got into an accident killing 4 people and we would all be asking why they let this ambulance driver work over the allottted hours set out to ensure driver safety.
Well, you know what they say about no good deeds going unpunished.

With any luck this thing will be properly investigated and if it played out like you suggest, they'll cut the driver some slack.
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