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February 9, 2013
20:25 • 3 months ago
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nbcnews: Man billed after father dies waiting for ambulance (Photo: NBCWashington.com) Durand Ford, Jr. says the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Service Department has sent him a $780.85 bill for an ambulance that he called for his father early on the morning of Jan. 1. Ford tells News4 that his father died waiting for that ambulance, after it took more than 30 minutes to arrive. Read the complete story. This sounds like something that happens in D.C. It’s awful and it deserves to be called out by the press.

nbcnews:

Man billed after father dies waiting for ambulance

(Photo: NBCWashington.com)

Durand Ford, Jr. says the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Service Department has sent him a $780.85 bill for an ambulance that he called for his father early on the morning of Jan. 1.

Ford tells News4 that his father died waiting for that ambulance, after it took more than 30 minutes to arrive.

Read the complete story.

This sounds like something that happens in D.C. It’s awful and it deserves to be called out by the press.

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