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Fatal UK ambulance delay ‘justified’

BBC News
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GLASGOW, UK — The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) has defended its decision not to allow a paramedic to go to the aid of a dying teenager without police back-up.

Stuart Baillie, 19, bled to death after being stabbed in the neck in the East End of Glasgow in August 2007.

Colleagues of the paramedic sent to the scene told a newspaper that she begged controllers to allow her to assist.

Full Story: Decision to wait 13 minutes was for paramedic’s own safety, SAS says