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The Latest Breaking News from the Scottish Ambulance Service

Six people rescued from top-floor fire as emergency services work to make area safe

SIX people were rescued after a fire broke out on the top floor of a multi-story building in North Lanarkshire ...

The National (Scotland)

Brickbat: Free Ride

The Scottish Ambulance Service fired Christopher Gallacher, a duty manager at West Centre in Glasgow, after finding he had an on-duty emergency dispatcher pick him and his family up at the airport after a vacation. According to a disciplinary tribunal, this happened on an evening when there were a "high…

Reason

Thousands of Scottish homes too dangerous for ambulances to attend without police

A SENIOR police officer has warned it may become “physically impossible” for police to attend some call-outs with paramedics.

The National (Scotland)

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Ambulance drove off while Covid patient was ‘slumped’ over gate, inquiry told

Caroleanne Stewart gave evidence about her brother and fiance dying within months in 2020.

The Independent UK

Ambulance crews back strike action as lack of breaks 'putting lives at risk'

AMBULANCE crews in Scotland have warned a failure to get adequate breaks is putting lives at risk as they overwhelmingly backed strike action.

The National (Scotland)

Seven people require treatment as emergency services battle tenement fire

Bathgate Street was taped off while four Scottish Fire and Rescue Service crews fought to extinguish the blaze.

The Independent UK

Person rushed to hospital after horror two car crash as cops close busy Scots road

Paramedics from the Scottish Ambulance Service attended and one person was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for treatment.

Daily Record

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Man taken to hospital after assault as police and ambulance race to Rutherglen incident

The Scottish Ambulance Service confirmed their trauma team was at the scene of the incident on Fernhill Road in Rutherglen.

Daily Record

Emergency services rush to scene of Rutherglen incident as man taken to hospital

The Scottish Ambulance Service confirmed their trauma team was at the scene of the incident on Fernhill Road, Rutherglen, with a man taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Glasgow Live

Fire rips through Drumchapel flat as dog dies and child raced to hospital

A third floor flat on Linkwood Drive was up in flames on Monday, July 10 as fire crews and four appliances raced to the scene just before 5pm, where a dog sadly died.

Glasgow Live

'I'm the first Muslim paramedic at my ambulance service and I've been called a terrorist'

Araf Saddiq didn't initially realise he was the first Muslim to work in the Scottish Ambulance Service - but as a paramedic he faced horrific racist abuse that saw one man calling him a terrorist and attacking him

Daily Mirror

Scotland's first South Asian paramedic racially abused by patient who called him 'terrorist'

Araf Saddiq, 57, who lives in Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, was born in the UK to Pakistani parents and is extremely proud to be the first person from South Asia, and the first Muslim, to serve with the Scottish Ambulance Service.

Daily Record

Person rushed to hospital after building deliberately set on fire in Paisley

A PERSON has been rushed to hospital after a tenement building was deliberately set on fire in Paisley.

The National (Scotland)

Man dies on Rutherglen street as emergency services race to medical emergency

The man took unwell on Main Street yesterday as emergency services rushed to help him. Sadly, nothing could be done to save him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh emergency services rush to incident as police close major road

Police and the Scottish Ambulance Service rushed to the Gyle on Friday morning following an incident.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh crews battle flat fire overnight with two casualties treated by paramedics

Fire crews in Edinburgh were still on the scene at 9am on Thursday after they were called to reports of a flat fire in the capital's East Craigs area, shortly after 3pm on Wednesday.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh crews flat fire overnight with two casualties treated by paramedics

Fire crews in Edinburgh were still on the scene at 9am on Thursday after they were called to reports of a flat fire in the capital's East Craigs area, shortly after 3pm on Wednesday.

Edinburgh Live

Performer dies at Scottish music festival just moments after arriving

A performer at Eden Festival died just shortly after arriving on site, with the Scottish Ambulance Service and Police Scotland both on hand - but he sadly could not be saved, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Daily Record

Performer dies at Scots music festival moments after arriving on site

A 49-year-old man was attended to by the festivals on-site medical team, the Scottish Ambulance Service and Police Scotland, but he sadly could not be saved and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Glasgow Live

Person rushed to hospital after Duke Street crash as police remain at scene

The Scottish Ambulance Service sent two ambulances and a trauma team to Duke Street after reports of an incident at around 10.36am. A person has been taken to hospital, their condition is unknown.

Glasgow Live

Heartbreak as young Glasgow paramedic dies from rare cancer after marrying love of her life

24-year-old Meadhbh Cameron, who worked out of the Scottish Ambulance Service's Clydebank Station, was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer last year. Two days before Christmas she was told she had six to eight weeks to live.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh emergency services race to scene of crash as 'road soaked in petrol'

Police Scotland, the Scottish Ambulance Service and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene of the crash which led to road closures in a sleepy north Edinburgh community.

Daily Record

Man charged after bus crashed into Scots bridge leaving child and nine others in hospital

The Scottish Ambulance Service confirmed that one of the passengers was taken to the Royal Hospital for Children in the city.

Daily Record

Body of man (38) discovered after frantic search after pair got into difficulty in water

A man has died after getting into difficulty in water near Killin at the weekend. Emergency services were called to Ben Lawers Dam, Lochan na Lairige, near Killin, at around 6.25pm on Friday after reports of two men in difficulty. One man was treat

Daily Record

Man 'impaled on spike' after horror fall in Edinburgh street as mercy crews race to scene

Emergency services were called to the scene on Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh shortly before 9am on Wednesday, May 24.

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