Arya News - If your pet alligator escapes, don`t call for an ambulance — unless it has sunk its teeth into someone. With public health services stretched thin in the U.K., there is no shortage of anecdotes about people suffering from true health emergencies who wait hours for medical care — whether from paramedics or a hospital doctor. Then there was the call Emma Worrall took last year that she won`t soon forget.