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Council members inquire about emergency room experience

2:37:59

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Council Members Mercedes Narcisse and others ask follow-up questions about the family's experience at the emergency room and with the ambulance response time. The family provides additional details about their father's condition and the lack of urgency from EMS personnel.

  • Clarified that the patient was taken directly to the back of the emergency room upon arrival
  • Family member shared that the father was aware of and concerned about the long ambulance response time
  • Discussion highlighted the critical nature of quick response times in emergency situations
Mercedes Narcisse
2:37:59
When you got to the emergency room, they didn't get him right away?
2:38:03
Did they get him right away?
Maisha Morales
2:38:04
They brought him straight to the back.
Mercedes Narcisse
2:38:06
Okay.
2:38:06
They were okay.
2:38:08
So I hear you like the chair said.
2:38:13
I wanna say thank you.
2:38:14
Because most folks, because just happen, you will not be here to testify.
2:38:18
And let us understand what's going on, and we're taking things that forward to make sure we address them.
2:38:25
I I'm a ear nurse, former ear nurse.
2:38:27
So it's very as you can hear, the time increase.
2:38:31
Like I said, it's a tic tic moment for the person in life.
2:38:34
So it's very important.
2:38:36
So I thank you.
Maisha Morales
2:38:37
I just wanna share at at some point when my father was able to talk before he died Mhmm.
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