In my county, we really didn't even have paramedics in 1980, and two out of the three ambulances were not even close to being modern (one being an International Travelall, the other Cadillac) by 1980 standards.

I'm a little confused by this set. It's obviously a clinic, but the set is called "Paramedic Unit". And in that case, I get the awfully Land Rover looking car, but not the clinic. I'm a little curious about how the Danish EMS system is set up.

I really like the tux on the guy on the left

Bit weird how the ambulance is open-air

What's up with the front of the car?

Still have this set! One of my favorites from childhood.

Still remember my dad buying me this set when we lived in Norway.

One of my earliest Lego sets. We eventually put all the Lego on an old ping pong table in the basement, but I distinctly recall building this on a table in the living room after getting it for my birthday.

First minifig scale hospital, though there was one which was cancelled in 1978/79.

Who else read "Pandemic Unit"?

XD I saw one other person...
Good gracious, we're all losing our marbles!

Hello incoming traffic!

I used to go through the LEGO catalogues and absolutely long for this sort of set . . .

I dreamed of having this one many times as a kid.

I have the Police and the Fire Station of this era. Pity I never knew about this set before. Must have glossed over it in the catalogue somehow.

This set has so much character. I never had it but I did have a police set from this era. Still have it, in fact.

To me, this is LEGO.

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-15225/Mith77/6364-paramedic-unit-reloaded/

@Mr__Thrawn said:
"Bit weird how the ambulance is open-air"

This was a strange time, when only the open air vehicles could sit a mini-fig whereas the closed vehicles could not? We needed to await for the arrival of the 4x5 open square mud guard before this was possible. I like the way the consulting room was just wide enough to fit the bed, but not a stud too long.

Worth purchasing today just for those clear skylights. When I was a kid at the time I wondered how they fitted the street base plate into such a small box?

Another set from my collection and childhood.
Too bad there was only room for one patient.

@cody6268 said:
"In my county, we really didn't even have paramedics in 1980, and two out of the three ambulances were not even close to being modern (one being an International Travelall, the other Cadillac) by 1980 standards.

I'm a little confused by this set. It's obviously a clinic, but the set is called "Paramedic Unit". And in that case, I get the awfully Land Rover looking car, but not the clinic. I'm a little curious about how the Danish EMS system is set up. "

I’m not sure what the set-up was in Denmark in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s but there are places in the world nowadays where the first centre an emergency patient is taken is a local clinic. If necessary, a helicopter rendezvous with the ambulance at the clinic and takes the patient on to hospital. Emergency clinics are typically found where the terrain doesn’t allow direct access to a hospital and the nearest air ambulance (helicopter) is stationed far away. I believe there are - or used to be - emergency clinics in the islands off the west coast of Scotland for example.

Also, bear in mind that set names were not consistent across countries in the 1980s and even when they were - or were trying to be - translations were not always perfect. So it may not have been Paramedic Unit in Danish.

Ahhhh... town sets with road plates.
Those were the days.
When you could also just get straight roads, without having to also get an annoying crossroad or T-junction with it!

@Minifig_Jez Unfortunately this set didn’t come with a road baseplate, but I do agree with you saying that being able to buy a straight baseplate by itself is sorely missed.

My brother and I had this set, along with the police and fire stations. This was the hospital for our Lego town. So much better and simpler than the current Lego hospitals. We had an actual ambulance so I guess I never noticed the absurdity of the open car for paramedics.

Oh, and those hair pieces...how I love those hair pieces. Call it nostalgia but I'd rather have these than the current fancy ones.

I do also love road baseplates but I think this one only came with the simple gray thin base without the road section. Not sure what is going on with the road in this picture. I don't remember road plates with green edges. Maybe the picture shows it on a play mat that was sold separate?

@diegobaca said:
"At first glance I read: Pandemic Unit lol"

You were not alone :)
I started to move on to other articles then scrolled back thinking "wait a second, I didn't read that right"

I still have that 5 plate high cube with the red crosses on it somewhere in my pile-o-bits.
This was my only hospital for 20 years.

This was the only girl in our Lego Town, and as a result was my sister's favorite set!

This brings back memoroies. If you look at the 1980 categlouge on brickset it is named medical centre

One of my very first sets! I can't even remember receiving it, but I remember the rooflights and still have the red cross sign somewhere in my parts bin!

@GeordiePaul said:
" @Minifig_Jez Unfortunately this set didn’t come with a road baseplate, but I do agree with you saying that being able to buy a straight baseplate by itself is sorely missed."

SNEAKY!
I see it now, it’s only on a small plate!
At a quick glance it looks JUST LIKE the standard road plates of that era, which I got with my sets as a kid.

I just look those 17 sets from that year, 1980, of Town, they are better range than Lego have in this years, 2020, City range!

For a very long time this was the only hospital in my Legoland town. Although not much, it was everything it needed to be. The tiny car "ambulance" responded to every crash and other medical emergency in my town layout. I had to wait until the Emergency Treatment Center to get a proper hospital. But since this was the first, it will always have a special place. I still have the entire set in its box with instructions and the decals in place.

For a very long time this was the only hospital in my Legoland town. Although not much, it was everything it needed to be. The tiny car "ambulance" responded to every crash and other medical emergency in my town layout. I had to wait until the Emergency Treatment Center to get a proper hospital. But since this was the first, it will always have a special place. I still have the entire set in its box with instructions and the decals in place.

@GeordiePaul said:
" @Minifig_Jez Unfortunately this set didn’t come with a road baseplate, but I do agree with you saying that being able to buy a straight baseplate by itself is sorely missed."

The current road baseplates are on the "maybe retiring 2021" list, so maybe LEGO will finally realize going back to the 2-packs of the same roads.

I wouldn't mind entirely new roads either (people can still get the current ones from old shop stock and bricklink afterwards if they already got a City)

@TeriXeri said:
" @GeordiePaul said:
" @Minifig_Jez Unfortunately this set didn’t come with a road baseplate, but I do agree with you saying that being able to buy a straight baseplate by itself is sorely missed."

The current road baseplates are on the "maybe retiring 2021" list, so maybe LEGO will finally realize going back to the 2-packs of the same roads.

I wouldn't mind entirely new roads either (people can still get the current ones from old shop stock and bricklink afterwards if they already got a City)"

Maybe there will be new baseplates with a wider road design to reflect the additional width of vehicles since the current plates were released.

So, if someone has a medical emergency in Lego City, they're just going to dispatch one lady in a convertible with no medical supplies or ability to transport patients to the hospital? This isn't a paramedic, it's a coroner.

One of my first sets as a kid. I had a separate ambulance and this set was used as a hospital. As a child the open-air vehicle was not absurd at all, but offered good play value.

@Zander said:
"
I’m not sure what the set-up was in Denmark in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s but there are places in the world nowadays where the first centre an emergency patient is taken is a local clinic. If necessary, a helicopter rendezvous with the ambulance at the clinic and takes the patient on to hospital. Emergency clinics are typically found where the terrain doesn’t allow direct access to a hospital and the nearest air ambulance (helicopter) is stationed far away. I believe there are - or used to be - emergency clinics in the islands off the west coast of Scotland for example.

Also, bear in mind that set names were not consistent across countries in the 1980s and even when they were - or were trying to be - translations were not always perfect. So it may not have been Paramedic Unit in Danish.

"

Back then, you either went to the doctor or to a local hospital. Not much different from now, except there are fewer, but bigger hospitals.

6364 was called "Red Cross Station" in Danish. Not a concept I know from my childhood (or adulthood for that matter...) here in Denmark. I do not recall what I called the set back then, but I guess it would have been something like "doctor's clinic".

Amazing. Would give a lot to get back these little sets.

I use it as the First Aid Station in my amusement park setup along with 6680 ambulance as a narrow in-the-park ambulance which was released The next year in 1981.