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Increasing ambulance response times and their impact on communities

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Council Member Narcisse expresses concern over increasing ambulance response times and their potential life-threatening impact on vulnerable communities, particularly in District 46.

Highlights the risk to life posed by delays in ambulance response times
Emphasizes the impact on vulnerable neighborhoods with limited nearby hospitals
Discusses the pressure on healthcare providers and families due to these delays
Mentions troubling data showing steadily increasing response times

Mercedes Narcisse

0:10:58

The delays in ambulance response times are putting lives at risk, particularly in the neighborhoods like those I represent in District 46, which are already vulnerable due to a lack of nearby hospitals, in our communities where resources are stretched thin, and every second counts.

0:11:20

This delays can mean the difference between life and death.

0:11:24

As someone who has work in emergency care, I know firsthand the pressure that health care providers feel in delivering the best possible care while managing high patient volume.

0:11:38

But when ambulances are delayed, the pressure multiplied, not only in the ER, but also for families and patients who are left in critical situations waiting for help to arrive.

0:11:52

New Yorkers deserve to know that.

0:11:54

In an emergency, an ambulance will be there, ready to take them to a hospital where they can receive timely life saving care.

0:12:04

Like I always said, it's a tic tac moment for someone lives.

0:12:08

Yet, Today, we are seeing troubling data on high ambulance response times have been steadily increasing.

0:12:16

We know this issue did not arise in a vacuum.

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