The case caused outrage because emergency services refused to send an ambulance after she telephoned them in distress.

But they can also send an ambulance immediately in an emergency.

They were unwilling to send an ambulance to bring him.

He got someone else to call the hospital, describe my symptoms, and tell them to send an ambulance ready to respond to a cardiac arrest.

And we won't be able to send an ambulance or a breakdown recovery vehicle because there isn't enough petrol.