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One Year Later: Detroit's EMS System Still in Need of a Cure

Updated: Wednesday, 21 Dec 2011, 6:21 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 20 Dec 2011, 10:59 PM EST

DETROIT (WJBK) - It's a story we've been covering for more than a year -- FOX 2 taking a closer look at the way Detroit manages its ambulance service. What we uncovered was a deadly system on the verge of collapse.

We showed you an infant who died in church waiting on an ambulance and a heart attack victim in the snow waiting the better part of an hour.

We showed you a fleet of broken down rigs. We showed you and naturally you were angry.

A lot of promises were made over the last year to fix the EMS system. Money was promised. A new fire commissioner was brought in from Los Angeles.

Has it gotten better? FOX 2's Charlie LeDuff has answers, but that doesn't mean you going to like them.

Click on the video player above to watch his Problem Solver Investigation.

 

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