South Central Ambulance 999 call handler receives death threats

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• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “From today, dialing ‘999’ won’t get you the emergency services…”

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  • Chip_Rat@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Perhaps they could just send an email?

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    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dear Sir/Madam:

      Fire! Fire! Help me! 123 Carenden Road. Looking forward to hearing from you.

      All the best, Maurice Moss

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  • Trabic@lemm.ee [bot] ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Get up, get get get down, 999’s a joke in yo town?

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• timewarp@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Ambulance call handler upset people with mental health issues say crazy shit. Hangs up on people experiencing mental health crisis.”

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  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, I get it. Their job is to dispatch the relevant emergency services to people, it’s not a mental health crisis hotline. How long are they supposed to stay on the phone for receiving abuse when there’s other calls waiting? I get that people in an emergency won’t be thinking straight but I can’t fathom why you’d dish out death threats to someone you’ve called that’s trying to help you. I think the handlers have a right not to take that kind of constant abuse.

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  • Deebster@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Commentator posts hot take, demonstrating a massive lack of empathy to people doing a stressful and important job.”

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