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Duke is building a $32 million ER with no inpatient beds. A Medicare patient who needs admission may pay for the ER, the ambulance and the hospital

Quick ReadDuke's new Garner freestanding ER has no inpatient beds, meaning Medicare patients needing admission can face three separate bills: ER, ambulance, and hospital.A Medicare patient could owe ...

What happens when you call an ambulance? 44.6 minutes from 119 to the hospital, and 29 towns and villages without ambulances

It takes an average of 44.6 minutes nationwide from dialing 119 until the patient is handed over to a doctor at a ...
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The hospital ambulance was a Cincinnati first

Things Cincinnati had first: professional baseball team, paid fire department, municipal weather forecasts. Add to that list the first hospital ambulance service. For many years, Bellevue Hospital in ...