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‘Ireland’s road victims don’t get a fighting chance,’ says expert emergency doctor in call for new air-based service

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‘Ireland’s road victims don’t get a fighting chance,’ says expert emergency doctor in call for new air-based service

Calls for medical helicopter rollout to reduce the likelihood of death after serious accidents

An air ambulance makes an emergency residential landing in a school field to transfer a patient from an ambulance to hospital in Folkestone, United Kingdom. Photo: Getty

A service putting doctors at the scene of serious accidents is desperately needed in Ireland to cut the soaring number of road deaths, experts have warned.

An alarming report into the ­survival rates of trauma patients in Ireland has been compiled, amid a growing campaign for Ireland to introduce a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS).

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