By Chris Paschenko
The Daily News
Copyright 2 2008 The Galveston County Daily News
DICKINSON, Texas — Recent policy changes to the county’s ambulance service could help ensure 911 emergency calls aren’t delayed by its paramedic crews answering lucrative nonemergency transport calls.
When a private ambulance company stopped answering calls in Galveston County in June 2005, it became the fourth such service to leave the county in 10 years.
This left small cities without reliable ambulance service, and the cities formed a mutual-aid agreement with Galveston Emergency Medical Service, which is publicly operated without taxpayer subsidy by the Galveston County Health District.
Full Story: Agreement has caused unacceptable delays, some officials say