Shortages of ambulance crews will be managed both by reducing teams to two per vehicle, from three, while Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) medics may also be drafted in to plug gaps, ETV news show "Aktuaalne kaamera" (AK) reported Tuesday night.
The issue is particularly pressing in Tallinn, which has been virtually at breaking point since before last weekend and has seen both lines of ambulances waiting at hospitals to drop off patients, and patients being taken to hospitals as far afield as Pärnu, about 100 km from Tallinn.
The new measure came into effect Tuesday, AK reported; less experienced staff at earlier stages in their training, and also medical students, will also be permitted to work