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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue Jul 16, 2013, 03:46 PM Jul 2013

Quinn Blasts Delayed Ambulance Response After Intern Faints

By: NY1 News

Problems with the city's 911 system became the focus of an unrelated campaign event Tuesday in Brooklyn for City Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Christine Quinn.

It allegedly took over 30 minutes for an ambulance to respond after an intern for City Councilwoman Diana Reyna fainted at the Williamsburg event, likely from the heat.

Quinn, who was on the ground caring for the female intern, called Police Commissioner Ray Kelly for assistance.

She says it was because of his help that an ambulance finally arrived.

Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/185579/quinn-blasts-delayed-ambulance-response-after-intern-faints

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Quinn Blasts Delayed Ambulance Response After Intern Faints (Original Post) hrmjustin Jul 2013 OP

What a royal screw up dorkzilla Jul 2013 #1

They can go back to the old system if they need to. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #2

Bingo. Follow the money to the real answers. n/t Cleita Jul 2013 #3

If Quinn would ask thoe questions in the council then I might think better of her. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #4

Local news says the young woman is fine. The EMs is saying there were a large amount of calls hrmjustin Jul 2013 #5

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)

1. What a royal screw up

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 04:04 PM

Jul 2013

Can't they revert back to the old system? I don't understand why they needed to "upgrade" the system, the old one worked just fine; it never took longer than a few minutes when I had to call. Once when I was working at Radio City I walked outside of the building during the RockCenter tree lighting and an old woman fell onto the pavement and gashed her head. Now, if you've been around RockCenter on that day you'd know how crowded it could get. I called 911 and they got through THAT traffic and on the scene in less than 7 minutes.