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Council members' closing remarks on ambulette services
1:41:49
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Multiple council members offer brief closing remarks on the testimony about ambulette services. They express understanding and appreciation for the challenges faced by ambulette providers in dropping off patients safely.
- Council Member Narcisse emphasizes the importance of dropping patients off at their doorstep, especially those who can't walk long distances
- The witness reiterates the challenges of transporting dialysis patients who are weak and frail after treatment
- Council members thank the witness for their testimony
Linda Lee
1:41:49
Yeah.
1:41:49
No, thank you.
Neal Kalish
1:41:50
Thank you.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:41:51
And I can understand that myself because it's important to drop those patients in.
1:41:56
Some of them cannot really walk long distance and you have to make sure you can get them to their doorstep.
Neal Kalish
1:42:02
So My own company is no.
1:42:04
Thank you.
1:42:04
My own company is taking hundreds of patients in and out of dialysis every day.
1:42:09
These patients are exceptionally weak and frail following treatment.
1:42:15
We need to be nearby their residents, nearby their facility as we take them out of the vehicle.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:42:21
Thank you.
1:42:21
Appreciate your testimony.
Linda Lee
1:42:25
Thank you all.
Erik D. Bottcher
1:42:26
Thanks.