Private ambulance driver abandons patient and takes Uber home

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 4 Nov, 04:33 · Archive

A private ambulance driver abandoned a patient en route to hospital after getting lost, taking an Uber home instead.

A private ambulance driver abandoned a patient en route to hospital in Cleveland, Ohio last week after getting lost on the way to the Cleveland Clinic. The driver, working for Lynx EMS, told the patient he was 'done driving for the day' and called an Uber to go home, leaving the vehicle on the side of the road.

The patient, Lema Tackett-Kuscmaul, was being transported for spinal injury treatment. She called 911, telling dispatchers: 'She said she's done driving. She said she's taking an Uber. She's leaving us.' In the recorded call, she pleaded: 'Please get someone out to help me. I'm begging you.' She said the driver had been taking them in circles after the GPS malfunctioned.

A Cleveland EMS unit responded to the scene, administered care and transported Tackett-Kuscmaul to the hospital. The Cleveland Association of Rescue Employees clarified that the ambulance was privately operated, not a Cleveland EMS vehicle. Lynx EMS said in a statement that upon becoming aware of the situation, 'immediate steps were taken to address the matter' and that it was reviewing the circumstances and would take appropriate action.

How it is being reported

• Private ambulance driver abandons patient, takes Uber home: ‘She said she’s done driving’“She said she’s done driving. She said she’s taking an Uber,” the stranded patient frantically told a 911 dispatcher of her ambulance driver. “She’s leaving us.”New York Post · 4 Nov, 04:12
• ‘Done for the day’: US ambulance driver abandons patient and takes Uber homePatient with chest pains rescued by Cleveland EMS after driver of private ambulance gets lost and leaves An ambulance driver in Ohio abandoned a patient they were taking to hospital after getting lost and decided to call an Uber and go home. The bizarre incident played out in Cleveland last week when the patient was being transported to the Cleveland Clinic with chest pain. According to the local broadcaster KWTX: “The ambulance driver got lost, told her he was done driving for the day, and called an Uber.” Continue reading...Guardian World · 2 Nov, 13:52

In this story: Lynx EMS · Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland EMS · Lema Tackett-Kuscmaul · Cleveland · Ohio

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