Leitrim's ambulance service has gone backwards over the past 20 years, according to a local GP.
One patient in Ballinamore, with severe chest pains, was left waiting for almost two hours for an ambulance.
It happened last Friday night and involved a man in his 60s.
Ballinamore GP Sean Bourke says the ambulance service is in crisis:
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He says a new casualty ward is needed in the Shannonside region:
