The proposed cuts to ambulance services in county Cork have been reversed
Under the plan West Cork - which has four ambulances - would have lost one each day; Monday to Thursday and North Cork which has five ambulances, would have lost one three days of the week and two on a Wednesday.
This morning it's been revealed the Health Minister has spoken to senior officials in his Department to ensure there is no reduction of service and that funding is provided so that the suggessted reductions do not happen.
It follows major push back locally and from the National Ambulance Service Representative Association
Speaking to RedFM News Brendan Flynn of NASRA had feared the cuts would be felt particularly hard in rural areas
"If you take an ambulance out of a rural area, then it has to be compensated by an ambulance coming from elsewhere, which is going to mean that there's going to be a time delay on an ambulance getting to some patients without a doubt"
