The Netherlands’ largest ambulance dispatch center has repeatedly gone offline at night and stopped taking 112 emergency calls because of severe staffing shortages, according to internal documents obtained by Omroep Gelderland. This happened on the night of September 30 to October 1 and the night of October 5 to October 6. “This is about life or death. 112 must always be easily reachable,” said Patiëntenfederatie.