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A London Ambulance crew was sent 200 miles to Manchester by a faulty satellite navigation system while transferring a patient to hospital. | A London Ambulance crew was sent 200 miles to Manchester by a faulty satellite navigation system while transferring a patient to hospital. |
The team were supposed to take the man from King George Hospital in Ilford to Mascalls Park Hospital in Brentwood. | The team were supposed to take the man from King George Hospital in Ilford to Mascalls Park Hospital in Brentwood. |
But they did not realise their equipment was faulty until the reached the outskirts of Manchester. | But they did not realise their equipment was faulty until the reached the outskirts of Manchester. |
London Ambulance said the patient was in a comfortable condition throughout the eight-hour journey. | London Ambulance said the patient was in a comfortable condition throughout the eight-hour journey. |
The patient left the King George Hospital for the Mascalls Park Hospital, which is a 12 mile (19.3km) journey, in the early hours of Tuesday morning but did not arrive until the afternoon, having travelled to Manchester and back. | |
The spokesman said: "We believe the crew, who had not been to this particular hospital before, followed the directions given by the navigation system, without manually confirming their destination. | The spokesman said: "We believe the crew, who had not been to this particular hospital before, followed the directions given by the navigation system, without manually confirming their destination. |
"We understand that they reached the outskirts of Manchester before realising they were heading to the wrong destination. The problem with the navigation database is also now being fixed." | "We understand that they reached the outskirts of Manchester before realising they were heading to the wrong destination. The problem with the navigation database is also now being fixed." |
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