Lanarkshire wife of Scottish Ambulance Service chairman died in Coatbridge after student was sent as first responder during 999 emergency

The Lanarkshire wife of a Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) boss died in Coatbridge after a student was sent as the first responder during a 999 emergency.SAS chairman Tom Steele’s wife Gillian, from Lanark, collapsed and an ambulance was called for.But she died of a suspected cardiac arrest after a student technician was sent to the call-out without a fully trained paramedic.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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We cannot understand why the control room sent a VQ4 student on a paramedic 999 call to someone who had collapsed.“Tom Steele is the chairman of SAS and the woman was his wife.

There is a huge ­investigation going on into this.”The source added: “In the past few years the ­ambulance service has been propping up