CV and mad panic behaviour

[shawny]

And two people supposedly died from heart attacks as a result of slow ambulance response?

At least that what was said today on the news.

We had to call an ambulance a few nights ago for our daughter. Without going into details we are not the type to call an ambulance unless we think we need one.

My wife waited at least 4-5 mins to get through After at least 30 mins waiting for the ambo to arrive I called back this time and waited 7.20sec this time to get thru.
The person who allocates the 000 call stayed on the phone with me the whole time constantly saying ‘we will get thru sir’ and I’m right here with you sir’ and ‘they will answer sir’ before finally getting through to them.  I asked if they could advise how long the wait would be and was told they could not confirm but are very busy.

In the end things improved at our end and the danger had passed thankfully so I ended up cancelling and had to call back a third time and again waited similar times to get through.

Very worrying to have an emergency service in a country like this that is so utterly overwhelmed.