Ambulance News

• Salford e-bike rider, 15, killed in ambulance crash was kindest boy, mum says
  
  Saul Cookson died when his e-bike collided with an ambulance after he was followed by police.
  BBC News.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Unite announces further ambulance and hospital staff strikes
  
  Strike action by Unite union members is announced in an ongoing dispute over pay.
  BBC News.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Ambulance driver, 61, killed stroke patient, 76, by failing to secure her stretcher properly
  
  Emrys Roberts, 61, smashed into an oncoming van, fatally injuring 76-year-old Janet Winspear on the A470 near Dolgellau in April 2021
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Police watchdog launches probe into e-bike crash death of boy, 15
  
  Saul Cookson, 15, (pictured) was killed when his electric bike crashed into a parked ambulance in Salford, Greater Manchester. He was rushed to hospital at around 2pm but later died.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Nurse denied ambulance requests before migrant child died, officials say
  
  Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, who suffered from sickle cell anemia and heart disease, died after she and her family spent over a week in Border Patrol custody.
  CBS News.  Friday, 2 Jun 2023.
• Man jailed for life for murdering his 11-year-old son
  
  A man who brutally beat his 11-year-old son and then waited four hours to call an ambulance has been jailed for life after admitting his murder.
  Sky News.  Thursday, 18 May 2023.
• Thousands urged to evacuate as cyclone bears down on Bangladesh, Myanmar
  
  U.N. agencies and aid workers prepositioned tons of dry food and dozens of ambulances with mobile medical teams in sprawling refugee camps in Bangladesh.
  CBS News.  Saturday, 13 May 2023.
• Unite starts 'escalation' of strike action with new walkout by ambulance workers
  
  Workers at two ambulance trusts will go on strike on Tuesday as the Unite union starts its "escalation" of industrial action to get ministers back to the negotiating table over pay and conditions in the NHS.
  Sky News.  Monday, 8 May 2023.
• Ambulance Called For Hunger-Striking Oil Worker In Restive Kazakh Town
  
  An ambulance has been called to a protest of hunger-striking oil workers in the restive western Kazakh town of Zhanaozen. ...
  Radio Liberty.  Thursday, 4 May 2023.
• Police And Ambulances At Scene Of Belgrade Mass Shooting
  
  Ambulances arrived on the scene of a mass shooting in Belgrade, Serbia, as police cordoned off the area. Members of the public gathered nearby. Officials said at least eight children and one adult were killed.
  Radio Liberty.  Wednesday, 3 May 2023.
• Jailed Russian Opposition Leader Aleksei Navalny Is Suffering From Acute Stomach Pain
  
  Prison staff were forced to call an ambulance for Aleksei A. Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition leader, last week, his spokeswoman said.
  New York Times.  Thursday, 13 Apr 2023.
• English Ambulance Unions Call Of Strikes As Government Agrees To Talks
  
  Union leaders said there had been a "huge shift" in the government's approach.
  Forbes.  Monday, 6 Mar 2023.
• One of the UK's largest unions announces 10 more days of strikes
  
  One of the U.K.'s largest unions on Friday announced 10 further days of industrial action over the coming weeks, as a standoff between the government and ambulance workers intensifies.
  CNBC.  Friday, 20 Jan 2023.
• UK ambulance workers walk out, joining wave of strike action
  
  Around 25,000 U.K. ambulance workers went on strike Wednesday, walking out for the second time since December in an ongoing dispute with the government over pay.
  Washington Times.  Wednesday, 11 Jan 2023.
• U.K. Doctors Ballot To Strike Amid Widespread Industrial Action At Hospitals
  
  Junior doctors may join nurses and ambulance workers in striking in the new year.
  Forbes.  Thursday, 29 Dec 2022.

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