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JD59 · 11-03-2007, 02:48 AM

A paramedic refused to run to help an 11-year-old boy who was dying on the beach - because of health and safety rules, his father claimed yesterday.

The ambulance officer insisted on walking to the spot where James Poynton had collapsed, so she would not be out of breath.

Although she reached him within ten minutes of the alarm being raised, it was too late to save the youngster.

Paramedics refused to run to boy of 11 dying on a beach ... in case they got out of breath | the Daily Mail

happynoodleboycey · 11-03-2007, 05:50 AM

This, folks, is the kind of thing which makes me hate my country. We're wrapped in a sea of red tape and regulations and it makes me sick.

nativeDallasite · 11-03-2007, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by John1960

A paramedic refused to run to help an 11-year-old boy who was dying on the beach - because of health and safety rules, his father claimed yesterday.

The ambulance officer insisted on walking to the spot where James Poynton had collapsed, so she would not be out of breath.

Although she reached him within ten minutes of the alarm being raised, it was too late to save the youngster.

Paramedics refused to run to boy of 11 dying on a beach ... in case they got out of breath | the Daily Mail

I lived in the UK for years; I'm not shocked by this at all, unfortunately.

Noahma · 11-03-2007, 05:41 PM

that makes me sad. Ill save my political views of socialized medicine to the political forums. its just a shame

Miborn · 11-03-2007, 11:22 PM

outrageous.