Failure of the South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) to meet emergency call-out targets is being blamed on staff shortages.
But it causes a rift between the agency and wireless carriers because it requires companies to test their 911 systems at local emergency call centers--rather than at the statewide level--within five years, which will require a hefty investment in technology.
Mr Bartlett said patients were advised to call their GP in non-emergency cases and follow the answering machine message if the surgery was closed.
If it's after hours, the on-call physician may suggest you go to the emergency room for an evaluation and removal, especially if you've tried to remove the contact several times or are experiencing eye pain or redness.
The United Nations Security Council held a four-hour emergency meeting early Sunday on the situation, ending with a call for an immediate halt to violence.
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Subscribers get a wallet-sized card and, in case of an emergency, a hospital will call DocuBank, which will fax over the information.
IncREO - Increasing Resilience through Earth Observation is a collaborative project under the call FP7-SPACE-2012-1 in support of emergency response management and risk-preparedness.
Staff at the centre will then direct the call to one, or all, of the required emergency services - police, ambulance and fire and rescue.
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Call the Center for Disease Control Emergency Response at (770) 488-7100 for answers to any questions.
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The waters are heading for Bangkok, and an emergency call has gone out for people to donate sandbags to protect the ill-defended capital.
Other emergency plans call for letting huge tracts of farmland lie fallow to ensure a 50-day supply, in hopes that the drought will break.
The organisation representing British doctors has written to NHS bosses to call for a delay in the launch of a new non-emergency telephone advice line.
This country has an estimated 220 gigawatts of what you might call amateur power: emergency generators, industrial fuel cells and other user-owned power plants, compared with 1, 000 or so gigawatts of central station capacity.
There would be wall-to-wall daily media coverage with stories of devastation and emergency response, and a clarion call to Americans with direction on the most effective way to help those in need.
The Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection says anyone wishing to volunteer should call 211 or (800) 203-1234.
The call is part of a three-point plan it wants to discuss in an "emergency summit" of social landlords.
The Scottish government has rejected Labour's call for emergency legislation to prevent tenants being evicted as a result of arrears caused by the so-called "bedroom tax".
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