Medical 911 calls taking up to an hour in St. Petersburg, Florida
As healthcare workers and community leaders beg people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the city of St. Petersburg is dealing with problems in its own house. Apparently, too many city workers in fire rescue and city police aren’t getting the shot, and when they get sick, the staffing shortages are noticeable.
Ambulances are tied up on COVID-19 related calls. In some cases, they’ve had to load people onto fire trucks to get them to the hospital. The director of EMS and fire for the county says in July, under normal conditions, about 98% of 911 patients arrive at hospitals by EMS within 15 minutes.
But the delta variant’s rapid transmission through the unvaccinated is increasing demand for emergency services. County Administrator Barry Burton says right only 50-60% are getting to the ER with 15 minutes. And for 10% of the patients, it’s taken an hour or more.
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