North West ambulance service says eight patients have been taken to hospitals including Alder Hey children’s hospital after ‘major incident’Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool says it has declared a major incident and asked parents to only bring their children to the emergency department if it is absolutely necessary.In a statement on their website, the hospital said:We can confirm that the Trust has declared a major incident.The Trust is working with other emergency services to respond to this incident and our Emergency Department is currently extremely busy.I’ve heard helicopters overhead, it’s further down the road from us. There must be at least 20 police vehicles here – I heard the air ambulance overhead – it landed on the field by Scarisbrick New Road.I saw a man from the ARV come out the cordon and he was white as a sheet. He just shook his head and I thought he was going to cry. Continue reading…
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Author : Yohannes Lowe
Publish date : 2024-07-29 13:30:23
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