Mount Hope Takes 1st Step to Create Local Ambulance District

Mount Hope Takes 1st Step to Create Local Ambulance District
A digital sign is seen outside the Mount Hope Town Hall in Otisville, N.Y., on Oct. 2, 2022. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times
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The Mount Hope town board in New York voted on Sept. 3 to jumpstart the process of creating an ambulance district aimed at cutting medical emergency response times for town residents.

Town Supervisor Paul Rickard told The Epoch Times that he has received an increasing number of calls from residents about long waits for ambulances. Just last month, he said, the county’s 911 center dispatched ambulances from four neighboring municipalities at different times to assist the town.