Ambulances are clean and 999 calls are answered quickly
AMBULANCES are clean, patients are treated with dignity and respect and 999 calls are answered quickly according to an independent survey.
EMERGENCY services have revealed some of the bizarre and unwarranted 999 calls they've received - from a woman wanting a spider removing from her wall to a man who had lost his tobacco.The shocking examples may seem amusing, but emergency crews have launched a crackdown on hoax callers who put people's lives at risk by tying up services.Teessiders have been reaching for the phone in a variety of non-emergency situations, with another extreme example being a woman calling for an ambulance for help in removing a contraceptive coil.Another caller rang in to ask police to close her bedroom window so she didn't have to leave the comfort of her bed.One man called police after a verbal argument in a pizza shop over the price of a the Italian treat.