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This toddler’s nearly 40-minute ambulance ride cost his family $9,000

Elisabeth Yoder’s son, Darragh, was 15 months old in August when he developed what at first looked to his parents like hand, foot and mouth disease. The common viral infection generally clears up in ...
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Winthrop leaders discuss ambulance service issue after toddler dies in Massachusetts town

INVESTIGATION. SEAN. YEAH. THAT’S RIGHT. WHEN THAT TODDLER’S MOTHER CALLED 911, BOTH OF THE TOWN’S TWO DEDICATED AMBULANCES HERE WERE OUT ON OTHER CALLS. AND NOW QUESTIONS LINGER. IF THAT LITTLE GIRL ...
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Not Serious Enough To Turn on the Siren, Toddler’s 39-Mile Ambulance Ride Still Cost Over $9,000

Elisabeth Yoder’s son, Darragh, was 15 months old in August when he developed what at first looked to his parents like hand, foot, and mouth disease. The common viral infection generally clears up in ...
The Boston Globe

Winthrop to revamp emergency response procedures in wake of patient deaths

Winthrop is revamping its emergency response services following at least three deaths, including a toddler’s, that have been linked to ambulance shortages and overworked emergency crews. Winthrop Fire ...
The Boston Globe

State to investigate Winthrop toddler’s death after delayed ambulance response

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is investigating why an ambulance was not available Friday to respond to a 911 call for a child in cardiac arrest in Winthrop, town officials said in a ...
The Union Democrat

Bill of the Month: Not serious enough to turn on the siren, toddler’s 39-mile ambulance ride still cost over $9,000

Elisabeth Yoder’s son, Darragh, was 15 months old in August when he developed what at first looked to his parents like hand, foot, and mouth disease. The common viral infection generally clears up in ...