Loading ...911 System In Jeopardy Amid “Crippling Labor Shortages”: Association President
“This has been a problem that has that been developing over several years because of chronic underfunding shortfalls from Congress for ambulance services, but certainly during the pandemic, things have hit a crisis level,”
“I think part of the problem is everybody thought [workers] would conform because nobody wants to lose their jobs,” Keizer said.
“But when you look at the rate of pay for emergency workers, they can make more delivering packages than patients.”