r/worldnews - Irish ambulances will cross the border and help ease the pressure on Northern Irish emergency services who are struggling with rising cases each day -

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Paramedics from the Irish Republic are set to help their Northern Ireland counterparts this weekend.

“We had support from our colleagues in the National Ambulance Service last year during a particularly challenging time,” he instructed the BBC. “On a day to day basis we respond to calls in the Republic of Ireland and colleagues from the National Ambulance Service respond to calls here on an individual basis, but in terms of crews coming up to work an entire shift, it’s not something we do often and reflects the pressure we are under.”

Yesterday Ireland’s well being service chief stated the Covid-19 scenario in Northern Ireland served as a “Stark reminder” of how quickly the scale of the disaster can intensify.

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