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Ambulances Lost on Wrong Routes | Cork News
Ambulance crews are facing life-threatening delays as faulty sat-nav systems send them to wrong addresses—sometimes across rivers, down dead-end roads, or into tiny laneways too small for their vehicles. In one Mayo case, an ambulance took 18 minutes to cross a river just to reach a patient, while another delay cost precious minutes that could’ve saved a life. Over the past two years, crews have been routed on absurdly long detours, with one trip taking over an hour when Google Maps said it’d take 27. The National Ambulance Service admits mapping glitches are to blame, and while they’re…
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