I was captain of a flight that went to manchester with a 6 month pregnant woman who had suddenly developed severe cramps.
We busted a gut to get on stand quickly (ATC WAS fabulous) got right up to the stand and had to wait about 10 minutes for an ambulence.
Because the ambulance drove up to the gate the blokes driving the ambulance didn't want to bring the litter up the stairs and somehow talked to the woman into walking down the stairs to the ramp. She hemmorraged on the way down the stairs baby and mommy lost in tansit during resultant ride to the hospital...
To this day I believe had they carried her out like we had arranged for and planned for (all pax in seat and whatnot) instead of having her walk down the steep iron stairs to the ramp she would have lived and maybe the baby too... That was early in my time in the Uk. I couldn't imagine someone doing that in the US... It was an eye opener. They were lazy, and she didn't want to inconvienience them or make a fuss.
Wino