labor firegeezer on 20 May 2008 09:36 am
Giggling Paramedic Loses His Job
WHEN RICHARD SANDERS, 54, REPORTED FOR HIS 7:00 pm to 7:00 am shift at the Welsh Ambulance Service, he had a plan on how to make it through the tough night.
Around midnight two of his colleagues were walking to their ambulance to respond to an emergency when they noticed one of the other ambulances running inside the bay. Looking in the back of the ambulance, they saw Sanders laying on his back on the stretcher administering nitrous oxide (laughing gas) to himself and seemingly enjoying it immensely.
When asked what he was doing, his speech was slurred and when he tried to walk away his gait was wobbly. The 10-year medic was relieved of his duties right away.
The event happened 26 months ago, on March 2006, but in a typical example of bureaucratic speed, it was just yesterday that he was stricken from the Health Service rolls as a paramedic. While it took them 26 months to remove him, he has only 28 days to appeal it.
icWales has the REPORT.
Welsh Ambulance Service WEBSITE.
