Little Rock Plan Looks to End Patient Diversions from Crowded Hospitals
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Little Rock area hospitals no longer would be able to automatically divert ambulances from crowded emergency rooms under an ordinance before the city's Board of Directors tonight.
In a move approved by hospital administrators, Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services wants to eliminate diversions from hospitals in the four-county area it serves to ensure patients aren't turned away from their hospital of choice. The city board will vote on whether to repeal the code requiring the ambulance service to honor diversions.
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