NI ambulance crew shortage expected for third night
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceDr Nigel Rudell, NIAS medical director, said measures are being put in place to deal with the shortages
Dr Nigel Ruddell said about 20% of crews were unavailable, but measures were in place to address the issue. The service had appealed for staff to come to work at the weekend because of difficulties filling rotas."We are going to prioritise those calls which have the most critical need.
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