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NC EMS director: Expect growing pains

In effort to potentially generate money, county decided to start responding to convalescent calls

By Dan Tordjman
WSOCTV.com

IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — After watching the story Eyewitness News aired earlier this week, EMS Director David Cloer sat down to speak with us regarding the concerns expressed by some of his paramedics.

“We knew it was going to be hard on the staff at first,” Cloer said, referring to the first few months after the county took over convalescent calls.

Cloer said he expected there would be growing pains with the added workload but he believes his department has addressed that by hiring eight new employees, specifically to run convalescence.

Full story: EMS director addresses concerns expressed by some paramedics