House Burns Down, Pets Die While Fireman Watch

[The Ween]

Here, they're independent, usually hired by a hospital, or employed directly. I guess some of the outlying areas have municipal rescue. I had an ambulance bill for a town I didn't live in, and the bill came from the Town of Yarmouth. Half of it ended up paid with a tax credit.

I live 5 miles from Central Maine Medical Center, and I've never seen a Lewiston ambulance.

You can cross our town in 5 minutes and we only have a small hospital. If anything major happens to you, they have to ship you out to another hospital, usually by helicopter.

 

[Jen]

You can cross our town in 5 minutes and we only have a small hospital. If anything major happens to you, they have to ship you out to another hospital, usually by helicopter.

That sounds like the kind of town I grew up in. We finally got our first stop light when I was in high school...and let me tell you what a big deal that was.