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| Children's specialist 'ambulance' stolen in Johnstone | |
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| A specialist support vehicle which allows medics to attend sick children across Scotland has been stolen from outside the home of an on-call medic. | |
| The Subaru Forester 4x4 allows medics to attend young people before they are taken by ambulance to intensive care units in Glasgow and Edinburgh. | |
| It was recently donated by the Yorkhill Children's Foundation. | It was recently donated by the Yorkhill Children's Foundation. |
| The car was stolen after its keys were taken during a break in at a house in Renfrewshire at the weekend. | |
| Dr Jim Beattie, associate medical director of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's women's and children's services, said: "We are shocked and saddened that a brand new paediatric intensive treatment unit (ITU) retrieval vehicle, recently donated by the Yorkhill Children's Foundation, has been stolen. | Dr Jim Beattie, associate medical director of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's women's and children's services, said: "We are shocked and saddened that a brand new paediatric intensive treatment unit (ITU) retrieval vehicle, recently donated by the Yorkhill Children's Foundation, has been stolen. |
| "The vehicle had been taken home by a member of the paediatric ITU team who was on-call and it was stolen from their driveway. | "The vehicle had been taken home by a member of the paediatric ITU team who was on-call and it was stolen from their driveway. |
| "It is hugely disappointing that someone would steal such a vehicle especially as it is very clearly marked as a paediatric ITU vehicle." | "It is hugely disappointing that someone would steal such a vehicle especially as it is very clearly marked as a paediatric ITU vehicle." |
| Strathclyde Police are trying to trace the vehicle, which had been parked outside the medics house in Thompson Avenue, Johnstone. | Strathclyde Police are trying to trace the vehicle, which had been parked outside the medics house in Thompson Avenue, Johnstone. |
| The specialist ambulance, which is clearly marked, contained no equipment or medicine when it was stolen sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning. | |
| Yorkhill Children's Foundation said it was often used when the paediatric ambulance was already in use or was not fast enough. | Yorkhill Children's Foundation said it was often used when the paediatric ambulance was already in use or was not fast enough. |
| Intensive care staff also used the car to respond to emergencies from home when on call. | Intensive care staff also used the car to respond to emergencies from home when on call. |
| Life-saving vehicle | Life-saving vehicle |
| Shona Cardle, chief executive of Yorkhill Children's Foundation, said: "The theft of this life-saving response vehicle is not just a car theft. | Shona Cardle, chief executive of Yorkhill Children's Foundation, said: "The theft of this life-saving response vehicle is not just a car theft. |
| "This is a vital life-saving vehicle which is used to ensure the quick response needed to save the lives of sick children and babies from all over Scotland. | "This is a vital life-saving vehicle which is used to ensure the quick response needed to save the lives of sick children and babies from all over Scotland. |
| "Yorkhill Children's Foundation is appalled that the life of a child or baby could be put in jeopardy by this mindless crime." | "Yorkhill Children's Foundation is appalled that the life of a child or baby could be put in jeopardy by this mindless crime." |
| Andrew McIntyre, consultant in paediatric intensive care medicine added: "Our job is to get critically ill children safely to Yorkhill from all over Scotland. | Andrew McIntyre, consultant in paediatric intensive care medicine added: "Our job is to get critically ill children safely to Yorkhill from all over Scotland. |
| "Having our own ambulance car lets us get going quickly. Minutes can make a lot of difference to the kids we look after. | "Having our own ambulance car lets us get going quickly. Minutes can make a lot of difference to the kids we look after. |
| "We love the Forester and it was brilliant last winter - we were able to get teams out despite the snow. I can't believe someone's stolen it." | "We love the Forester and it was brilliant last winter - we were able to get teams out despite the snow. I can't believe someone's stolen it." |