After 28 years of service, Jerry Bermingham of the National Ambulance Service recently hung up his stethoscope and retired from his work with Fermoy Ambulance.
The story begins in 1974 when Jerry was living in Cork city and completed a first aid course with the St John’s Ambulance Service, something which piqued his interest and when he returned to Fermoy, he brought this interest with him, sharing it with the locality.
From then, Jerry began working with the Red Cross and helping out by providing first aid to Grange GAA club but with two teams going and attending three games a week, Jerry decided to focus his efforts on the local GAA club.
“I’ve seen some massive changes in the ambulance service. When I started there were only four defibrillators, one in Fermoy, one in Killarney and two in Cork city. All the other ambulances didn’t have one,” Jerry said.
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