Ambulance operators saying COVID-19 has pushed U.S. 911 system to “breaking point”

The Washington Post (12/3, Wan) reports the COVID-19 “pandemic has pushed America’s 911 system and emergency responders to a breaking point, with ambulance operators exhausted and their services financially strained.” In fact, the situation “has grown so dire that the American Ambulance Association recently begged the Department of Health and Human Services for emergency funding of $2.62 billion in a letter.”

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