Ambulance chiefs had their busiest night of the year during the Hogmanay celebrations.
Ambulance chiefs had their busiest night of the year during the Hogmanay celebrations.
The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) dealt with 1,825 calls to its 999 centres across Scotland between 7pm last night and 7am today.
Most of the calls were drink related.
However the total number of calls was down on the 2,288 handled last year.
Cardonald in Glasgow was the busiest centre, handling 937 appeals for help, and was followed by Edinburgh which dealt with 672.
The centre in Inverness fielded 216 calls.
Arrangements were made for extra crews to provide cover across the country.
An SAS spokesman said: "Hogmanay is always our busiest night and this year was no different as we dealt with a high volume of calls across the country.
"Whilst there were fewer calls overall than last year, activity at times was intense with most of the calls occurring between midnight and 2am.
"All staff on duty last night had to cope with an exceptional workload and they did so admirably."
Revellers welcomed in the New Year at outdoor street parties around the country last night.
In Edinburgh, around 100,000 people braved sub-zero conditions at the Scottish capital's huge outdoor celebration.
They greeted 2009 with a mass rendition of Auld Lang Syne, singing along to a video clip played on screens across the city centre.
Around 9,000 music lovers were treated to sets from singer Paolo Nutini and dance act Groove Armada at the sell-out Concert In The Gardens event, while rockers Glasvegas and electropop group Hot Chip performed on other stages in the city.
Lothian and Borders Police said it was a successful and safe event.
They made seven arrests and dealt with five crimes, three of which were assaults and two were thefts.
In the north east almost 20,000 visitors attended Aberdeen's Winter Festival where Scottish singing and song-writing sensations Amy Macdonald and Sandi Thom led a night of live music and entertainment.
Grampian Police said there were relatively few arrests, and these were mainly for alcohol related public disorder and firework offences.
Several people, including a police officer, were injured when a man allegedly set off a firework in the crowd gathered in the Castlegate just after midnight.
Police said a man has been charged.
In Edinburgh about 400 people had to be evacuated from a nightclub because of a small fire.
The blaze at Luna on Picardy Place was started by a firework which was set off inside the building, the fire service said.
Two women were treated for slight burns at the scene, but did not require hospital treatment.
In Dundee a man was found seriously injured outside London Nightclub at 4 Meadowside.
He was discovered at the bottom of a stairwell at the back of the premises, which is mainly used by staff to enter and leave the building.
It is believed the man was involved in an incident at the top of the stairwell at around 3.30am.
The man who is 32 and of Asian appearance, was taken to Ninewells Hospital in the city, where his condition was described as serious.
Tayside Police appealed for anyone with information about the incident to contact them.
