REMARKS
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.
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Yet, Today, we are seeing troubling data on high ambulance response times have been steadily increasing.
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We know this issue did not arise in a vacuum.
