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Majority of medical call-outs are for elderly people

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Paramedics working on the Island have revealed the majority of their call-outs are to help older people in distress. 

The admission was made by members of the Isle of Man Ambulance Service in a new BBC documentary series which aired yesterday. 
 
They were filmed for the Countryside 999 programme which follows rural emergency services across the British Isles: 
 
 
Paramedic Kerry McShane told the BBC it's to be expected when 20 per cent of people living here are aged 65 or over: 
 

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