By John Ferguson
Daily Record
GLASGOW, Scotland — A 999 boss suspended for using an ambulance as a taxi for a drunk emergency worker has been “hung out to dry”, colleagues claim.
Dougie Stobie had been removed from operational duty after arranging for boozy Mark Weir to be picked up in his depot’s only paramedic response car.
But several colleagues — who contacted the Record after we revealed the scandal this week — said Mr Stobie was following orders from higher up the chain of command.
One paramedic said: “Dougie has been hung out to dry on this. He only arranged for Weir to be picked up because he has been told to do so by more senior bosses.”
And they also claimed that ambulance technician Weir, who was senthome after turning up drunk to work in Glasgow’s Lightburn Place, had been involved in a similar incident that went unpunished.
Another Scottish Ambulance Service worker added: “There is a culture of this sort of thing and Dougie has been made a fall guy.”
Duty manager Mr Stobie, 50, was pulled in by bosses and suspended after the incident in October.
Weir has not been disciplined and is now off work sick.
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