All the updated news related to medical emergencies

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Message in a Bottle initiative to be launched in Ardara

Following a difficult personal experience of having to call for an ambulance when a young relation was having a severe medical emergency Ardara woman, Mary Whelan reflected on how she had been unable to answer some of the questions the 999 operator ...

11 Jun 2022 at 14:33

National News

US-bound flight from Brussels makes emergency landing in Dublin following medical emergency

A US-bound flight from Belgium was forced to divert off course and land in Dublin after a medical emergency was reported aboard. United Airlines flight UA951, a large commercial flight, was due to travel from Brussels to he US capital, Washington ...

22 Oct 2024 at 16:36

Stroke patients at higher risk by travelling to A&E themselves, charity warns

A rising number of stroke victims are putting themselves at risk by taking themselves to A&E instead of waiting for an ambulance amid concerns about long waits for an ambulance, a charity has warned. Stroke patients who seek help via 999 have a ...

11 Sept 2025 at 00:01

Health

‘My baby was vomiting blood in a case that baffled doctors – I feel blessed to be celebrating his first Christmas’

A mother who was convinced her baby was going to die after he started vomiting blood in a case doctors said they had “not seen in a newborn” feels blessed to be celebrating his first Christmas. Kate Clifford, 37, a financial controller from ...

28 Nov 2024 at 06:30

Largest study of its kind reveals extent of in-flight medical emergencies

A medical emergency occurs on one in every 212 commercial flights, new research suggests. Flights are affected by medical emergencies “more frequently than previously reported”, experts said, after conducting the largest study of its kind ...

30 Sept 2025 at 11:49

Scotland

Cyclist reunited with passers-by who helped save his life after heart attack

A cyclist who survived a heart attack thanks to friends and passers-by using a defibrillator has met two of the people who helped saved his life. The reunion came as the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Scotland revealed there are now more ...

07 Nov 2025 at 00:01

Family

Mum, 27, survives Christmas Day stroke and sepsis, saying the ‘traumatising’ ordeal leaves her ‘nervous’ this Christmas

A mother who suffered a stroke and was admitted to intensive care with sepsis on Christmas Day at just 27 says the “traumatising” experience has left her feeling “nervous rather than excited” this festive season. Holly Dougan, an early ...

12 Dec 2025 at 06:30

Body Image

Mum who lost leg to flesh-eating disease after thinking she had cold making ‘most of every opportunity’ with prosthetic

A woman who thought she had a cold but ended up having Strep A and losing her leg to a rare flesh-eating disease is now kayaking and swimming with her prosthetic and determined to make “the most of every opportunity”. Friedel de Beer, ...

28 Jan 2026 at 06:30

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