(Memphis-AP) -- The Memphis Fire Department has disciplined five
dispatchers who bungled an emergency call to aid a heart attack
victim.
The man died after ambulances were sent to three wrong
locations, despite repeated calls from witnesses who saw
68-year-old James Hill Wagner collapse at a pool hall July ninth.
Records show an ambulance finally arrived to aid Wagner nearly
30 minutes after the first call from a bartender who had given
dispatchers the correct address.
Wagner died later that night at Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Memphis.
Those disciplined were LaTina Cole-McNeil, who got a 72-hour
unpaid suspension; Barbara Ware, who received an eight-hour
suspension; Shelby Bugg and Mary Main, who drew written reprimands;
and Michelle Hines, who got an oral reprimand.
The dispatchers also were ordered to have additional training.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
dispatchers who bungled an emergency call to aid a heart attack
victim.
The man died after ambulances were sent to three wrong
locations, despite repeated calls from witnesses who saw
68-year-old James Hill Wagner collapse at a pool hall July ninth.
Records show an ambulance finally arrived to aid Wagner nearly
30 minutes after the first call from a bartender who had given
dispatchers the correct address.
Wagner died later that night at Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Memphis.
Those disciplined were LaTina Cole-McNeil, who got a 72-hour
unpaid suspension; Barbara Ware, who received an eight-hour
suspension; Shelby Bugg and Mary Main, who drew written reprimands;
and Michelle Hines, who got an oral reprimand.
The dispatchers also were ordered to have additional training.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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