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Denver system’s ambulance delays risk patient lives

By Arthur Kane and Tony Kovaleski
The Denver Channel
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DENVER — Management problems at Denver Health are resulting in ambulance delays that are endangering patients’ lives, a two-month CALL7 Investigation found.

Current and former paramedics, dispatchers and firefighters talked to CALL7 Investigator Tony Kovaleski about the problems that they say are putting patients at risk.

“People absolutely are waiting for ambulances longer than they should,” said one paramedic who asked to be anonymous for fear of retaliation at work.

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