You need to be a bit careful about believing technical detail from newspapers, but the theme sounds terribly familiar.
Bear in mind that any air ambo (and police hele) in the UK will be two engine anyway!
The CAA have also just tightened up their regulation of "rescue work" carried out by police helicopters. In the UK none are SAR equipped (no winches etc). Nevertheless, from time to time police helicopters end up in situations where people are drowning, and there are no rescue boats etc. An almost instinctive reaction from the crew is to use the helicopter to save the people - low hover over the water, grab the person and lift them to safety. Notwithstanding any rational view of the risk, (risk exposure to the helicopter and crew is very low v. almost certain drowning of the casualty) the CAA have now more or less promised to prosecute the next pilot and police force who use their helicopter like this.
It is clear that they won't be happy until we are only able to use heicopters like aeroplanes.
I ought to ask FL if he will defend the first of us who gets clobbered by this one.