Manchester Arena inquiry: Medical equipment ‘dumped’ at bomb scene

(BBC) Medical equipment could have been distributed “more effectively” to help those injured in the Manchester Arena bombing, a public inquiry has heard.

An ambulance expert said items including triage packs and stretchers were “dumped” outside Victoria Station during the emergency response.

“Deployment of the equipment didn’t quite reach our expectations,” Christian Cooper told the hearing.

He said more should have been taken to the City Room where the bomb exploded.

Twenty-two people died and hundreds more were injured when Salman Abedi detonated a device at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.

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