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3/20/2014
Sudbury, Ontario – Sudbury paramedic services nearing capacity, EMS official warns
Los Angeles, California – Double overtime for dispatchers and helicopter paramedics
Barlow, Florida – Ex-EMT, lawn worker stole pills from home
Panama City Beach, Florida – Search continues for ambulance thief
Dublin, UK – Investigation into reports of sick child trapped in ambulance for 40 minutes
East of England, UK – Blow for ambulance service after losing non-emergency transport contract
London, UK – New air ambulance for London, Osborne promises
Victoria, Australia – Paramedics union says patients in Warburton and Gembrook died waiting for ambulances
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
** Alabama EMT/firefighter dies unexpectedly while at work
** Indiana man steals ambulance, leads police chase ending in Illinois
UNITED STATES NEWS
** Funeral services were held yesterday for an Alabama EMT-firefighter found unresponsive at his Montgomery station. FireRescue1 (March 17) said Haynes Ambulance practitioner Wayne Jeffers, 64, of Grady is believed to have died Sunday night after going to bed when he complained of feeling unwell. He is survived by his wife Lisa, 3 daughters, 2 sons, and several grandchildren.
** Charges are pending against a Gary, Indiana man whose alleged theft of an ambulance Tuesday ended after crossing the state line into Illinois. The San Francisco Chronicle (AP/March 19) said the bizarre incident played out with the unidentified 34-year-old taking the EMS unit from outside a dialysis clinic. According to the news service, the man travelled in the rig for some 30 miles before being stopped by police. No damage was done to the vehicle which was recovered in Chicago. There is no word on what motivated the heist.
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