article_snippet.sent: Paramedics were stretched to the limit and in Cambridge a Territorial Army field hospital was set-up to deal with drunk partygoers.
article_snippet.sent: This is more than three times the average of 180.
article_snippet.sent: Hopson, who led the Service’s response on New Year’s Eve, said: 'Demand .
article_snippet.sent: on the Service in the early hours was extremely high and a lot of that .
article_snippet.sent: extra demand was because of alcohol-related calls. '
article_snippet.sent: of 255per cent on what they would expect to deal with on a normal . night.'
article_snippet.sent: our had to prioritise calls to make .
article_snippet.sent: sure the most seriously ill and injured patients got help as quickly as .
article_snippet.sent: that meant more patients than normal with minor illnesses and .
article_snippet.sent: injuries were given advice over the telephone rather than automatically .
article_snippet.sent: being sent an ambulance.'