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Ambulances on bicycles in Hungarian cities to be introduced
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“Bike ambulances” are to be introduced in several Hungarian cities: the National Ambulance Service wishes to get help to those in trouble faster with this new method. However, this idea is not entirely positive. Read our article to find out why paramedics and experts think it would not be efficient to implement.
Paramedics on two wheels
Since the beginning of July, station managers within the National Ambulance Service (OMSZ) have been tasked with assessing which paramedics would be willing to take on extra duties in a new cycling ambulance unit for extra pay, reports Népszava. Bike ambulances would be deployed mainly in cities, especially in areas with above-average call density, such as the capital and the Central Hungarian Region.
Ambulances can receive up to 3,000 calls a day across the country, with a third of calls coming from Budapest and the surrounding area. The ambulances on duty in the region are unable to keep up, so 10-15 ambulances a day are diverted to the capital from other parts of the country. But even so, there are still call congestions, with ambulances taking well over 15 minutes to arrive.
The communications manager of the National Ambulance Service, Pál Győrfi, confirmed that the programme will be piloted next spring. The conditions for bicycle rescue are currently being developed.
I wish it was 15 minutes. I waited for 3 hours. Don’t even call them, take a taxi to the hospital if you can.
Just remember that the medical care you will get is not much better.
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