Ambulance

Ambulance system to be revised in bid to avoid delays

10 Jan 2013

The Fire Services Department and the Hospital Authority have agreed to amend their ambulance system so that patients in urgent need of treatment are taken to the nearest hospital.

This...

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Beijing hospital staff grilled over private use of ambulance sirens

31 Dec 2012

With sirens wailing, a Beijing ambulance headed for the hospital was not rushing a patient back at all. It was returning from a noodle restaurant where staff members had dinner that night.

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China Digest, December 13, 2012

13 Dec 2012

Following the incident last week in which a man run over by a truck died in an ambulance that became stuck in traffic, the Beijing Emergency Medical Centre said it would work more closely with the...

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Emergency services back down on secrecy

1 Mar 2012

The Fire Services Department has bowed to pressure to revise its media relations rules and give more information to journalists.

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Media relationship in public's interest

25 Feb 2012

For many years, internal guidelines have not required the Fire Services Department to tell the media - meaning the public - about ambulance calls unless at least eight people are injured or ill....

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Journalists see red over ambulance secrecy rule

21 Feb 2012

Internal guidelines prevent the Fire Services Department from telling the media about cases involving an ambulance unless at least eight people were injured or ill, the Journalists' Association...

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

Updated 2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

Updated 2:53AM

Journalists unhappy with fire department releases

A journalists' group yesterday criticised the Fire Services Department for withholding information from the media since it adopted a new communications system at the start of the month.

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Letters

No regard shown for shoppers

10:09AM

Take me to a private hospital, driver

Patients being transported in public ambulances may request to be taken to a private hospital under a new policy.

9:20AM

Criticism for late ambulances

The Ombudsman has criticised the Hospital Authority's non-emergency ambulance service for being late half of the time.

In one case, a patient had to stay overnight in a hospital...

12:20PM

42 die in Shanghai fire horror

At least 42 people died yesterday in a massive blaze in a downtown Shanghai apartment block that took off 'like a firework'.

12:10PM

Don't wait to prioritise ambulance service

Essential public services paid for out of the public purse - that is, our taxes - tend to be taken for granted as a right. As a result, they are open to abuse. That is a quirk of human nature we...

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