Accusations fly as Richmond County’s EMS zone goes into the state’s hands

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Yesterday was a whirlwind of a press convention from three commissioners who had been absent from final week’s particular known as assembly for a midnight play on making use of for Richmond County’s EMS zone.

Earlier this week, Augusta commissioners known as a last-minute information convention Monday afternoon. 4 commissioners received collectively to emphasise their facet of the story associated to the latest EMS zone negotiations.

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• Augusta reaches stopgap deal for ambulance serviceThey went up saying that they’ve been receiving threats from the general public resulting from their involvement in putting down a deal for a contract, that commissioners, resembling Brandon Garrett, have been working behind the scenes with Gold Cross on a subsidy deal, and that basically, Gold Cross is undeserving Augusta.

All of this, simply days earlier than tomorrow’s first assembly with a DPH committee, that can hear from ambulance distributors and ship up their suggestions to the state on Feb. 20, on who ought to management Augusta’s EMS zone.

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