Surge in calls to aid clubbers 'puts Ibiza's ambulance service at risk'

The ambulance service on the Spanish island of Ibiza has said it is at risk of collapse because of frequent callouts to attend to clubbers who have had bad experiences with recreational drugs.

- Stephen Burgen

The local ambulance union said up to a third of emergency calls were to clubs - the largest of which has a capacity of up to 10,000 partygoers - and were largely drug-related. It has called on club owners to contract private ambulance services.

"It's inconceivable that businesses with an income of millions of euros a year can't provide this service, which is saturating the emergency services at the expense of the local population," José Manuel Maroto, the president of the local health services union, told elDiario.es.