Some Big Companies Hire Private Ambulances (NYT): “A growing number of big companies in Manhattan are bypassing the 911 system for their medical emergencies, and signing up instead with private ambulance services that hold out the promise — explicitly or not — of better, faster service. The ambulances run by these services do not answer 911 calls, responding instead only to calls from their corporate customers. The ambulance companies say their crews are less busy than those who answer 911 calls, are more likely to be close to the scene of an emergency, and are familiar with their clients’ high-rise buildings — all leading, at least in theory, to faster responses.”
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