Last
Tuesday the hospital was given approval to seek two Emergency medical services
grants.
One
would provide 5 life packs to upgrade the cardiac monitors in local ambulances.
The
life packs are able to send patient cardiac data from the ambulance to the
hospital so the hospital can be better prepared to handle the incoming patient
quickly.
The
second grant would pay for a new ambulance for the county.
The
county currently has 7 ambulances in its fleet; 3 are staffed at any one time.
But
the ambulances are getting older and a new one is needed.
Hospital
CEO Ray Brownsworth said maintenance on the ambulances cost nearly 8000 dollars
last month alone.
If
the grants are approved the hospital would receive about 300 thousand dollars
to cover 90 percent of the purchases, the hospital would have to pay the
remaining 10 percent.
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