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City cutting ambulance service from Station 17?

by Admin

Is the City of Dallas actually considering cutting the ambulance service provided by Station 17 (Skillman & Belmont) and reassigning the nearest full-time ambulance post to Garrett & Ross? That’s exactly what the Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate is reporting on its blog. This could add an additional five minutes or so in response time.

Contact your City Council member, Angela Hunt with your feedback.

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1 Tom Harper { 02.07.11 at 6:04 pm }

Yes they are, effective March 1, 2011, we no longer have an ambulance as a 1st responder. Apparently, lower income areas tend to call 911 for non-emergency needs. For example, if they don’t have a ride or if they don’t have the funds or insurance to seek medical attention, they will simply go to the emergency room by emergency means (ambulance). While Lakewood does not abuse this service, City of Dallas only sees black and white. Ambulance with a lower call volume equals a dispensable ambulance, regardless of the true nature of the calls they respond to. It makes me sick. City of Dallas truly does have their head where the sun doesn’t shine.

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