DETROIT — An ambulance took 25 minutes to respond to a medical emergency at Detroit City Hall after a reporter there had a medical emergency.
The wait is drawing criticism after Detroit News reporter Darren Nichols suffered stroke-like symptoms in the press room, and Free Press reporter Matt Helms called 911, FOX News reports.
He called at 10:10 a.m. Thursday, and again at 10:30 a.m.
“It took 25 minutes for the EMS to arrive,” Helms said. “We were literally outside listening for sirens, and didn’t hear any.”
Nichols was there covering a closed-door meeting, and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan addressed the delayed response time after leaving an executive session.
“It is not acceptable,” he said. “The national standard is eight minutes and we have a team now looking at why the response was so slow and I am waiting on an answer from the fire department on that.”