NBC Philadelphia
CHESTER, Pa. — It’s a city that’s already plagued by violent crime. But now officials fear the problems in Chester will only get worse thanks to a controversial decision from a local hospital.
“The bottom line is we are going to get treated a lot worse,” said Chester Police Commissioner Joe Bail. “I have a problem with that.”
Bail, along with Chester Mayor John Linder say they met with officials from the Crozer-Keystone Health System about two and a half weeks ago. During the meeting, Bail says they were informed that Crozer would pull an ambulance from the city from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m., starting on September 5. Chester currently only has two ambulances and a population of 34,000 people, meaning only one will be available to cover the entire area during that time.
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