That’s really poor and added even more stress to a horrible situation for you both. They shouldn’t use, or try to use, a service they can’t rely on - hence my BS comment. That said I’ve never heard of a modern phone that doesn’t have a functioning GPS service - unless in a really built up area but if that were the case there would more likely be a street address to find.MacManiac wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2024 8:30 pm I’m sorry but it is not BS. On 22nd October, 2023, my wife broke her hip, nearly died and - despite me sending the correct Pin - and with my Cypriot landlord later speaking to 112 in Greek - they could not find our house. A second ambulance was dispatched and we could see them both driving around the upper village for ages. My landlord was apoplectic with rage and he questioned the crews who told him - in no uncertain terms - their GPS was not working. If that sounds like BS …
I was given the direct number for ambulance control by a doctor in a village who I spoke to as part of the emergency- the fact that the first thing they asked for was a a location pin, I took to be be a promising sign of technology adoption by our local emergency services, alas not as your experience testifies. As a backup to the pin, whilst I stayed with the patient, I was also able to get somebody else to drive to the end of the road of of friends house to ensure the ambulance arrived asap.
We had a similar issue in respect of fires in the village in summer 2023 when I ended up creating a map of the village with local place names in ‘gringlish’ that was published on Facebook to help people direct the fire service to the right place. Those incidents also highlighted some residents in the village didn’t even know the emergency services number which is crazy.
Ian
