THE GREAT Western Ambulance said patients have been reporting swine flu in the correct way, rather than bombarding the 999 service.
“The message is use the well publicised NHS helpline phone numbers for swine flu,” said ambulance spokesman John Oliver.
“We are not being swamped with calls relating to swine flu.
“We are experiencing high calls but not relating to swine flu.”
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